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Definition of widow's mite in English: widow's mitenoun A small monetary contribution from someone who is poor. this is indeed the widow's mite—it's a whole shilling I'm giving you Example sentencesExamples - At the end of the month, everyone queues up at Batelco's wickets, and the widow's mite totals millions and millions of dollars.
- True charity, like the widow's mite, should cost the donor something.
- For some, whose gifts are not well rewarded financially by our economic value system, time and talent may be the widow's mite that Jesus once praised so thoroughly.
- Only later would Jesus teach us the preciousness of the widow's mite in the eyes of God - a lesson many, including myself, have yet to learn.
- Or they are trying to squeeze out the last of the widow's mite before the country becomes a total sewer.
Synonyms contribution, donation, benefaction, gift, present, handout, subscription
Origin With biblical allusion to Mark 12:43. Definition of widow's mite in US English: widow's mitenoun A small monetary contribution from someone who is poor. Example sentencesExamples - At the end of the month, everyone queues up at Batelco's wickets, and the widow's mite totals millions and millions of dollars.
- For some, whose gifts are not well rewarded financially by our economic value system, time and talent may be the widow's mite that Jesus once praised so thoroughly.
- Only later would Jesus teach us the preciousness of the widow's mite in the eyes of God - a lesson many, including myself, have yet to learn.
- Or they are trying to squeeze out the last of the widow's mite before the country becomes a total sewer.
- True charity, like the widow's mite, should cost the donor something.
Synonyms contribution, donation, benefaction, gift, present, handout, subscription
Origin With biblical allusion to Mark 12:43. |