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Definition: Charity |
CharityNoun1. A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals). 2. A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. 3. An activity or gift that benefits the public at large. 4. Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers. 5. An institution set up to provide help to the needy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Charity" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the charity", "a generous love", "dear", "beloved". |
Date "charity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Etymology: Charity \Char"i*ty\, noun; plural Charities. [French charit['e] from Latin caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Sanskrit kam to wish, love, compare to Irish cara a friend, Welsh caru to love. Compare to Caress.]. (references) |
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Computing | CHARITY |
19th Century Satire | Forehanded aid to the indigent. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Charity (1 Cor. 13), the rendering in the Authorized Version of the word which properly denotes love, and is frequently so rendered (always so in the Revised Version). It is spoken of as the greatest of the three Christian graces (1 Cor. 12:31-13:13). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of giving charity, denotes that you will be harassed with supplications for help from the poor and your business will be at standstill. To dream of giving to charitable institutions, your right of possession to paving property will be disputed. Worries and ill health will threaten you. For young persons to dream of giving charity, foreshows they will be annoyed by deceitful rivals. To dream that you are an object of charity, omens that you will succeed in life after hard times with misfortunes. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Charity Charity begins at home. "Let them learn first to show piety at home" (1 Tim. v. 4 and 8). Cold as charity. Than which what's colder to him who gives and him who takes?. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A charitable trust (also known popularly as a charity) is a non-profit organisation or trust which has been registered with the government of a country, and which has to account for its activities (especially financial) to the government, usually on an annual basis. There is normally an obligation to register a non-profitable charitable organisation as the public is entitled to some oversight of organisations that wish to act for the public good. In the United States because of the principle of separation of church and state churches and other religious organisations are often exempt from this legal requirement, though they are often overseen by a church hierarchy. A foundation can also be a charity, though in the United States there are complex tax law differences between private foundations and public charities. The use of the word foundation in an organization's name does not impart any legal benefit, generally speaking.
Charities in different countries
Canada
Canada has over 75,000 registered charities. Of which more than 40% are places or worship such as churches and mosques. Other registered charities include institutions such as universities and libraries. About 23% of registered charities exist to help the disadvantaged. Annual giving in Canada is over $90 billion CDN, if one puts a dollar figure on volunteer time. The most charitable province is Newfoundland, which has the highest rate of individual donations per capita. Canadians give, on average, $239 dollars per year to charity. About one third of Canadians volunteer annually and 5% of corporations make donations. In Canada about two-thirds of the funding for charitable foundations comes from the government.
The level of government funding has recently caused controversy as cutbacks have lead to problems with such programmes as food banks. Another controversy is the denial of charitable status to environmental and political groups. There have also been calls for greter regulation of the charitable sector. Recent years have seen a new breed of charities that pour most of their donations into marketing. These groups grow quickly and attract many donors but a far smaller fraction of each donation goes to help the needy.
United States
In the United States of America, the Attorney General of each state maintains a Registry of charitable organizations.Donations to charities in the United States are deductable for income tax purposes if the organization has exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, usually under sec. 501(c)(3) of the Tax Code.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, there is the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
List of charities
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Christmas Seals
- Comic Relief
- Easter Seals
- Goodwill Industries
- Humane Society
- March of Dimes
- Salvation Army
- United Way
See also
- List of environmental organizations
- List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
External links: for evaluations of charities
- The Charity Navigator
- The American Institute for Philanthropy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Charitable trust."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Charity is the short form for charitable trust or a charitable foundation. These are set up for specific causes, e.g. curing diseases; providing goods or services for people or areas that lack them; nature conservation; etc.Charity is also the act of giving money, goods or time to such a charitable trust or other worthy cause.
See also: Non-government organisation; Gift
Charity is also a term in Christian theology, i.e. loving kindness towards others; it is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both glorify and reflect the nature of God. In its most extreme form charity can be self-sacrificial. Charity is one conventional English translation of the Greek term agape. See also virtue and alms.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Charity."
Synonym: CharitySynonym: brotherly love (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Benevolence | Phrase: " act a charity sometimes "; " a tender heart, a will inflexible "; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; " kind words are more than coronets "; quando amigo pide no hay manana; " the social smile, the sympathetic tear ". |
Noun: benevolence, Christian charity; God's love, God's grace; good will; philanthropy; unselfishness. | |
Good nature, good feeling, good wishes; kindness, kindliness; Adjective: loving-kindness, benignity, brotherly love, charity, humanity, fellow-feeling, sympathy: goodness of heart, warmth of heart; bonhomie; kind-heartedness; amiability, milk of human kindness, tenderness; love; friendship. | |
Cold | Cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as Christmas; cool as a cucumber, cool as custard. |
Giving | Almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity. |
Insensibility | Apathetic; leuco-, phlegmatic; dull, frigid; cold blooded, cold hearted; cold as charity; flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous, torporific; sleepy; (inactive); languid, half-hearted, tame; numbed; comatose; anaesthetic; stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned; palsy-stricken. |
Liberality | Noun: liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty, bounteousness, bountifulness; hospitality; charity; (beneficence). |
Pity | Noun: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency; (lenity); charity, ruth, long-suffering. |
Selfishness | Time-pleaser, time-server; tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter; jobber, worldling; egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist; dog in the manger, charity that begins at home; canis in praesepi, "foes to nobleness," temporizer, trimmer. |
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Screenplays | It's for charity! Widows and orphans (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson) The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) I think I'll donate a million dollars to charity when pigs fly. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I don't want to interrupt your social life with my petty concerns so why don't we just close down the business and live off the charity of strangers (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra) These people make terrorists look like the Sisters of Charity! These guys are Cannonballers (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates) | |
Lyrics | And charity is a coat you wear twice a year (Praying For Time; performing artist: George Michael) I'm your charity case (Paradise City; performing artist: Guns N' Roses) And ice cold hearts of charity bare (The Prophet's Song; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Brian May) | |
Clever | If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. (references; author: Bob Hope) Charity begins at home. Success begins at work. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1967) Screen Snapshots: Stars at a Charity Ball (1939) Charity (1928) Miss Charity (1921) Charity (1919) | |
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 | Nurses at Carville, La. : Sisters of Charity, 1947. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [American nurses lunch with Sisters of Charity, Kunming, China]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Congratulates Reserve Officer Candidates Richard Dufallo, Band Leader of the ROC Band, and John Halloran, Drum Major, at ceremonies at Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, California, in which "USS Small Fry", the World's only curved deck "aircraft carrier" was placed in commission for the use of model airplane enthusiasts, circa 1951-52. The ROC Band played the honors on this occasion, at the Shrine Charity Benefit at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and at numerous other events during their summer training session. Credit: NAVY. |  | United American. Patriotism, charity, harmony. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chief, who was it that said charity begins at home?. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Friendship, charity, benevolence. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The First private charity in New England was the Scots' Charitable Society. Formed in Boston in 1657 ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Thousands watch Army triumph over Navy, 6-0, in charity game for aid of unemployed. New York City--an excellent pictorial shot made through the stands showing the Army cadets marching onto the field before the game. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Charity. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The inaugural charity ball. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Charity doll" by Henk Badenhorst Commentary: "A charity doll for the SPCA infront of an old shop in Stellenbosch, South AFrica." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. |
Francis Bacon | In charity there is no excess. |
Henry James | I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home. |
Jacques BTNigne Bossuet | Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. |
Martin Luther | Christian life consists of faith and charity. |
Oscar Wilde | Charity creates a multitude of sins. |
Phillips Brooks | Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. |
St. Augustine | Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. |
St. John Chrysosatom | Charity is the scope of all God's commands. |
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John Locke | 1690 | This equality of men by nature, the judicious Hooker looks upon as so evident in itself, and beyond all question, that he makes it the foundation of that obligation to mutual love amongst men, on which he builds the duties they owe one another, and from whence he derives the great maxims of justice and charity. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | To this section belong economists, philanthropists, humanitarians, improvers of the condition of the working class, organisers of charity, members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, temperance fanatics, hole-and-corner reformers of every imaginable kind. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | If two of the workmen know each other particularly well and are old friends, if their families are inter-mingled, and if they have "faith in each other's purpose, hope in each other's future and charity towards each other's shortcomings" - to quote some good words I read here the other day - why cannot they work together at the common task as friends and partners? Why cannot they share their tools and thus increase each other's working powers? Indeed they must do so or else the temple may not be built, or, being built, it may collapse, and we shall all be proved again unteachable and have to go and try to learn again for a third time in a school of war, incomparably more rigorous than that from which we have just been released. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | This seems to me to be genuine charity. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is rare that charity and pity can be found in their words |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Sweet saint, for charity, be not so curst |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Gambia | Persons with severe disabilities subsisted primarily through private charity. (references) |
Ukraine | Several charity groups were formed to assist these children, but they have not been able to reduce the problem. (references) | |
Morocco | The King's charity, the Mohammed V Solidarity Fund, makes several donations each year to institutions supporting persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Guinea-Bissau | Many depend on the charity of NGO's. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | The Unification Church was not active in the country, but it had a presence through the charity organization of Reverend Moon's wife. (references) | |
Belarus | Their decision was overturned and Jewish charity organizations were able to distribute a limited amount of matzoh in time for Passover. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hungary | Civic organizations, foundations, charity organizations, and churches assist in the rehabilitation process. (references) |
Minorities | India | On November 30, newspapers reported that Muslim terrorist groups, including Al-Qaida, have targeted the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. (references) |
Political Economy | Morocco | Sixty-four member of the Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) and 36 human rights activists were sentenced to between 3 months and 1 year in prison plus fines, for their participation in protests held in December 2000 to celebrate the International Day of Human Rights. (references) |
Travel | Nigeria | Nigerian business, charity and other scams target foreigners worldwide and pose dangers of financial loss and even physical harm. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cambodia | The Government conducted several raids throughout the year, rescuing numerous commercial sex workers, including underage workers, and providing them with protection while working with NGO's to either reunite the victims with their families or place them in a shelter operated by an NGO or other private charity. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. All hail, Delusion! Were it not for thee The world turned topsy-turvy we should see; For Vice, respectable with cleanly fancies, Would fly abandoned Virtue's gross advances. Mumfrey Mappel |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | I hope Hell has a particularly spiky barstool reserved for charity scammers. |
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Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | The sweet offices of charity have greatly increased. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty God. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws. |
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| "Charity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.67% of the time. "Charity" is used about 3,077 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.67% | 2,882 | 3,221 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.17% | 190 | 22,288 |
| Noun (common) | 0.16% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,077 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "charity" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Charity | First name Female | 18,000 | 643 |
| Charity | Last name | 1,000 | 12,252 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Charity" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the charity", "a generous love", "dear", "beloved". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "charity". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Charita | Female | English | The charity |
| Charity | Female | English | The charity |
| Karita | Female | Scandinavian | The charity |
| Caridad | Female | Spanish | The charity |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Charity." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Charita | Female | English | Charity |
| Charity | Female | English | N/A |
| Karita | Female | Scandinavian | Charity |
| Caridad | Female | Spanish | Charity |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "charity": as cold as charity ♦ charity begins at home ♦ charity boy ♦ charity case ♦ charity collection ♦ charity concert ♦ charity institution ♦ charity organization ♦ charity sale ♦ charity school ♦ charity shot ♦ charity society ♦ charity stamp ♦ charity throw ♦ charity toss ♦ charity work ♦ give to charity ♦ live on charity ♦ preach charity ♦ public charity ♦ sister of charity ♦ sisters of Charity ♦ sisters of Charity of Montreal ♦ under the veil of charity. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "charity": charity-backed, charity-box, charity-boy, charity-child, charity-fatigue, charity-funded, charity-registered, charity-related, charity-run, charity-school, charity-schools. | |
Ending with "charity": non-charity, Self-charity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
charity | 1,950 | donate to charity | 82 |
catholic charity | 680 | charity rating | 81 |
charity village | 628 | christian charity | 80 |
charity organization | 321 | auto charity | 78 |
donate car to charity | 290 | sweet charity | 77 |
charity fund raising | 275 | partner in charity | 71 |
child charity | 261 | charity uk | 70 |
charity donation | 197 | charity golf event | 65 |
automobile to charity | 190 | missionary of charity | 64 |
charity car | 180 | automobile charity donation | 62 |
charity car donation | 151 | sister of charity | 61 |
charity kyle petty ride | 129 | charity hodges | 59 |
charity golf tournament | 127 | charity job | 58 |
charity golf | 108 | national charity | 55 |
charity auction | 102 | charity insurance | 53 |
charity classic cvs | 100 | charity auto donation | 53 |
donating car to charity | 98 | auto charity donate | 52 |
charity commission | 97 | new orleans charity hospital | 50 |
charity fund raiser | 90 | charity village.com | 48 |
charity event | 87 | charity heart purple | 48 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "charity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | naasteliefde (love of one's neighbour), aalmoes (alms). (various references) | |
Albanian | shpirtbutësi (lenience, leniency), shoqatë bamirëse (caring society), ndihmë (aid, assistance, backstop, bee, boon, dole, endowment, facilitation, help, relief, stay, subsidy, subvention, succor, succour, support), lëmoshë (alms, bone, dole, pittance), dashuri për të afërmin, bamirësi (beneficence, dole, philanthropy). (various references) | |
Arabic | مؤسسة خيرية, هبة (benevolence, bestowal, blast, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, endowment, gift, grant, liberality, offering, outburst, present, privilege, puff, waft, whiff), حسنة (alms, dole), زكاة (alms), عمل الخير (good), عناية الله الأبوية, صنع المعروف, صدقة (alms, baksheesh, benevolence, bounty, dole, handout, philanthropy), المحبة, إحسان (philanthropy), بر‘ إحسان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щедрост (generosity, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence, openhandedness, prodigality, profusion), великодушие (generosity, largeness, magnanimity, nobility), милостиня (alms, dole, handout), благотворителност (beneficence, benevolence), благотворителна фондация, подаяние (alms, dole, handout, pittance). (various references) | |
Chinese | 慈善機構 , 慈善 (Beneficent, Charitable, Charities). (various references) | |
Czech | vlídnost (friendliness, geniality, graciousness), velkorysost (broadmindedness), shovívavost (benevolence, clemency, connivance, forgiveness, indulgence, lenience, leniency, mercy), milosrdenství, milodar, láska k bližnímu, dobroèinnost (beneficence, philanthropy). (various references) | |
Danish | velgørenhedsorganisation (charitable institution, charitable organization, social and charitable association, social and charitable organization), velgørenhedsinstitution (charitable institution), barmhjertighed (mercifulness, mercy), almisse (alms). (various references) | |
Dutch | naastenliefde (love of one's neighbour), menslievendheid (love of one's neighbour). (various references) | |
Esperanto | korfavoro (mercifulness, mercy), kompatemo (mercifulness, mercy), karito (love of one's neighbour), karitato, karitado (love of one's neighbour), homamo (love of one's neighbour). (various references) | |
Faeroese | olmussa (alms), næstakærleiki. (various references) | |
Farsi | نیکوکاری (Beneficence), صدقه (Alms, Dole), خیرات (Alms), دستگیری (Capture). (various references) | |
Finnish | laupeus (mercifulness, mercy), lähimmäisen rakkaus, hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö (charitable association, charitable institution, charitable organisation), hyväntekeväisyys (charitableness), armeliaisuus (mercifulness). (various references) | |
French | aumône. (various references) | |
Frisian | jefte (alms, exercise-book, folder, notebook), ielmis (alms). (various references) | |
German | Nächstenliebe, Wohltätigkeit (beneficence, charitableness), barmherzigkeit (compassion, lovingness, mercifulness, mercy, remorsefulness), almosen (alms, dole, handout, pittance). (various references) | |
Greek | συμπόνια (commiseration, compassion, fellow feeling, sympathy, sympathy for), φιλανθρωπικό έργο, φιλανθρωπικό ίδρυμα (charitable institution), φιλανθρωπιά, φιλανθρωπία (benevolence, chritableness, graciousness, humanity, philanthropy), ευσπλαχνία (compassion, mercifulness, mercy, pitifulness, pity), ευμένεια (favour, propitiousness), ελεημοσύνη (alms, handout), ψυχικό (giving alms). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוסד (establishment, foundation, institute, institution, organ), חסידות (benevolence, devoutness, piety), חסד (benefaction, benevolence, boon, goodness, grace, graciousness, kindness), גמילות חסדים (benefection, benevolence, favour, philanthropy), צדקה (alms, bounty, fairness, good deed, justice, justness, mercy, merit, piety), נדבה (alms, donation, handout, largess, offering), נדבנות (generosity, munificence, philanthropy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | jótékonyság (benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, bounty, gratefulness, pious deeds), alamizsna (alms, dole, handout, pittance), könyörületesség (mercy), könyörület (compassion, free uncovenanted mercy of god, graciousness, mercifulness, pity), jótett (alms deed, benefaction, good turn), jóság (benignity, goodness, kindliness, kindness, soul of kindness), emberszeretet (humaneness, philanthropy). (various references) | |
Indonesian | zakat (obligatory alms), kasih sayang, jariah, ihsan (good actions), amal (alms, deed, good deed, work). (various references) | |
Italian | elemosina (alms, dole, handout, pittance). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 慈悲 (benevolence, compassion, mercy), 慈善 (philanthropy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜんこん (good deeds), チャリテイ , チャリティ , ほどこし, じぜん (beforehand, in advance, philanthropy, prior, second best), じひ (benevolence, compassion, lady in waiting, mercy, one's own expense), じんあい (benevolence, dirt, dust, love, this drab world), じんけい (formation, graciousness, mercy, term of address for a friend), じん (9th in rank, as, as it is, as one likes, battle formation, because, benevolence, camp, encampment, humanity, man, ninth sign of the Chinese calendar, people, person, virtue), はくあい (benevolence, humanity, philanthropy), とくし (benevolence, special consideration, special envoy). (various references) | |
Korean | 자선 (Charities, Philanthropy). (various references) | |
Malay | derma (alms). (various references) | |
Manx | giastyllys (bountifulness, liberalism). (various references) | |
Norwegian | veldedighet, nestekjærlighet. (various references) | |
Papiamen | limosna (alms). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aritychay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esmola (alms), caridade (alms-deed, benevolence). (various references) | |
Romanian | caritate (almsgiving, mercy, philanthropy), milã (alms, commiseration, compassion, goodwill, grief, it is pitiful, lenity, love, mercy, mile, pity, remorse, Ruth, sparing), generozitate (bounteousness, breadth, generosity, handsomeness, large-heartedness, magnanimity, munificence, nobility, open-handedness, self-bounty), filantropie (philanthropy), dragoste (affection, attachment, dearness, endearment, flame, fondness, intrigue, love, love affair, love making, sport), bunãvoinţã (amiability, amicableness, benevolence, clemency, condescension, friendliness, good will, goodwill, grace, graciousness, humanity, kindness, patronage, readiness, stoop, willingness), binefacere (advantage, benevolence, boon, dole, humanity). (various references) | |
Russian | благотворительность (alms deed, alms-deed, beneficence, benevolence). (various references) | |
Scottish | seirc (affection, benevolence, love), almsadh. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | milostinja (alms), milosrđe (alms deed, beneficence, mercifulness, quarter), dobrotvorna ustanova. (various references) | |
Spanish | limosna (alms, dole, handout), caridad (handout), misericordia (clemency, compassion, forgiveness, mercifulness, mercy). (various references) | |
Swedish | välgörenhet (benefaction, beneficence, beneficial), barmhärtighet (mercifulness, mercy). (various references) | |
Thai | เย็นชา ((as) cold as charity, cold, cool, dry, hardboiled), เย็นมาก ((as) cold as charity). (various references) | |
Turkish | sadaka (alms, handout). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | співчуття (commiseration, condolence, empathy, leaning, sympathy), чуйність, чаріті, філантропія (philanthropy), милостивість, милосердя (alms, beneficence, clemency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness), богадільня (almshouse, bead-house, hospice, poorhouse), благодійність (alms, alms deed, benefit, welfare), пристановище (accommodation, asylum, harborage, harbourage, haunt, nook, resort), побажливість (clemency), доброзичливість (amiability, benevolence, candor, candour, good-liking, goodwill). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tổ chức cứu tế việc thiện, sự bố thí (dole), lòng thảo lòng khoan dung hội từ thiện, lòng từ thiện (charitableness), lòng nhân đức (benevolence, charitableness). (various references) | |
Welsh | cardod (alms, dole), elusen.garwch (benevolence). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | caritas, caritate, caritatem, caritati, caritatis, operatio, operatione, operationem, operationes, operationis, operationum, sanctimonia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 3, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Arti de elqontoV timoqeou proV hmaV af umwn kai euaggelisamenou hmin thn pistin kai thn agaphn umwn kai oti ecete mneian hmwn agaqhn pantote epipoqounteV hmaV idein kaqaper kai hmeiV umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nunc autem veniente Timotheo ad nos a vobis et adnuntiante nobis fidem et caritatem vestram et quia memoriam nostri habetis bonam semper desiderantes nos videre sicut nos quoque vos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ac Timotheus is nu fram eow to us gecomen and hæfð godne bodan ymb eower geleafa and lufe gebroht. He cwæð us þæt ge habbað æfre bliðe gemynd ures and þæt ge giernað us to seonne, efne swa we giernað eow to seonne. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But now, whanne Tymothe schal come to vs fro you, and telle to vs youre feith and charite, and that ye han good mynde of vs, euere desyringe to se vs, as we also you; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But now lately whe Timotheus came fro you vnto vs and declared to vs youre fayth and youre love and how that ye have good remembraunce of vs all wayes desyringe to se vs as we desyre to se you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But now when Timothy came from you to us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 3, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Apan karon nga si Timoteo nahibalik na diri kanamo gikan kaninyo, ug gikadad-an niya kami sa mga maayong sugilon mahitungod sa inyong pagtoo ug paghigugma, ug sa balita nga kamo sa kanunay may maayong paghandum kanamo ug nangandoy sa pagpakigkita kanamo, maingon nga kami usab nangandoy sa pagpakigkita kaninyo-- |
| Croatian | A sada kad se Timotej od vas k nama vratio i donio nam radosnu vijest o vašoj vjeri i ljubavi, i da nas se sveudilj ugodno sjeæate i èeznete vidjeti nas, kao i mi vas - |
| Danish | Men nu, da Timotheus er kommen til os fra eder og har bragt os godt Budskab om eders Tro og Kærlighed og om, at I altid have os i god Ihukommelse, idet I længes efter at se os, ligesom vi efter eder: |
| Dutch | Maar als Timotheus nu van ulieden tot ons gekomen was, en ons de goede boodschap gebracht had van uw geloof en liefde, en dat gij altijd goede gedachtenis van ons hebt, zeer begerig zijnde om ons te zien, gelijk wij ook om ulieden; |
| Finnish | Mutta nyt, kun Timoteus tuli teidän tyköänne meidän tykömme ja toi meille ilosanoman teidän uskostanne ja rakkaudestanne ja siitä, että te aina pidätte meitä rakkaassa muistossa ikävöiden meitä nähdäksenne niinkuin mekin teitä: |
| French | Mais Timothée, récemment arrivé ici de chez vous, nous a donné de bonnes nouvelles de votre foi et de votre charité, et nous a dit que vous avez toujours de nous un bon souvenir, désirant nous voir comme nous désirons aussi vous voir. |
| German | Nun aber, da Timotheus zu uns von euch gekommen ist und uns verkündigt hat euren Glauben und eure Liebe, und daß ihr unser gedenket allezeit zum besten und euch verlangt, uns zu sehen, wie denn auch uns nach euch, |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Men koulye a, Timote fèk rive sot lakay nou, li fè kè m' kontan, li ban m' bon nouvèl, li di m' jan nou gen konfyans ak renmen. Li di m' jan nou menm tou nou toujou chonje m', jan nou anvi wè m', menm jan mwen menm mwen anvi wè nou. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sekarang Timotius sudah kembali dan sudah menyampaikan kepada kami berita gembira tentang bagaimana kalian percaya kepada Kristus dan saling mengasihi. Ia memberitahukan kepada kami bahwa kalian selalu menaruh kenang-kenangan yang baik tentang kami di hatimu. Dan kalian ingin bertemu dengan kami, sama seperti kami pun ingin bertemu dengan kalian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi sedangkan Timotius sudah balik kepada kami daripada kamu membawakan kami kabar yang baik dari hal iman dan kasihmu, dan akan hal kamu senantiasa menaruh kenang-kenangan yang baik ke atas kami, dan rindu hendak berjumpa dengan kami, sebagaimana kami juga dengan kamu, |
| Maori | ¶ Tena ko tenei, ka tae mai nei a Timoti ki a matou i a koutou, ka pai hoki tana korero ki a matou mo to koutou whakapono, mo to koutou aroha, mo koutou hoki e whai mahara pai ana ki a matou i nga wa katoa, e hiahia ana kia kite i a matou, he pera ano me to matou ki a koutou; |
| Norwegian | Men nu, da Timoteus er kommet til oss fra eder og har båret oss godt budskap om eders tro og kjærlighet, og om at I alltid har oss i vennlig minne og lenges efter å se oss, likesom vi lenges efter eder, |
| Rumanian | Dar chiar acum a venit Timotei dela voi la noi, wi ne -a adus vewti bune despre credinya wi dragostea voastrq, cq totdeauna pqstrayi o plqcutq aducere aminte despre noi, wi cq doriyi sq ne vedeyi, cum dorim wi noi sq vq vedem pe voi. |
| Russian | фЕРЕТШ ЦЕ, ЛПЗДБ РТЙЫЕМ Л ОБН ПФ ЧБУ фЙНПЖЕК Й РТЙОЕУ ОБН ДПВТХА ЧЕУФШ П ЧЕТЕ Й МАВЧЙ ЧБЫЕК, Й ЮФП ЧЩ ЧУЕЗДБ ЙНЕЕФЕ ДПВТХА РБНСФШ П ОБУ, ЦЕМБС ОБУ ЧЙДЕФШ, ЛБЛ Й НЩ ЧБУ, |
| Shuar | ¶ Tura yamaikia Timiutéu Tisarúnikianmaya waketki tayi. Niisha taa, átum Yus aneakrum shiir Enentáimtamuncha ujatmaji. Tura átum iin anenma asarum tuke Enentáimsar pujamuncha tura ii atumin iistaitsar wakerajnia Núnisrumek atumsha incha iirmaitiai tusarum wakeramuncha Timiutéu ujatmaji. |
| Spanish | Pero ahora Timoteo ha vuelto de vosotros a nosotros y nos ha dado buenas noticias de vuestra fe y de vuestro amor, y de que siempre tenéis buenos recuerdos de nosotros, deseando vernos, tal como nosotros también a vosotros. |
| Swahili | Sasa Timotheo amekwisha rudi, naye ametupa habari za kufurahisha kuhusu imani na upendo wenu. Ametuarifu kwamba mnatukumbuka daima, na kwamba mna hamu ya kutuona sisi kama nasi tulivyo na hamu ya kuwaoneni. |
| Swedish | Men nu, då Timoteus har kommit till oss från eder och förkunnat för oss det glada budskapet om eder tro och kärlek, och sagt oss att I alltjämt haven oss i god hågkomst, och att I längten efter att se oss, likasom vi längta efter eder, |
| Uma | ¶ Jadi', hewa toe lau, rata nculii' -imi Timotius hi rehe'i, pai' naparata-mikakai kareba to mpakagoe' -kai. Na'uli': "To Tesalonika toera ria, moroho moto pepangala' -ra pai' ahi' -ra. Rapolio oa' -ta pai' lentora wo'o-ra-rawo doko' mpohirua' -taka, hewa kita' wo'o doko' mpohirua' -raka." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Charity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bharati, chabrot, charidy, charite, charrity, chasity, chrit, Chrith, Harith, Herrity, Kafity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "charity" (pronounced khe"rutē) |
| 5 | -e" r u t ē | austerity, clarity, dexterity, disparity, familiarity, hilarity, insularity, irregularity, parity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, posterity, prosperity, rarity, regularity, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity. |
| 4 | -r u t ē | alacrity, authority, barbarity, celebrity, dissimilarity, immaturity, impurity, inferiority, insecurity, integrity, majority, maturity, mediocrity, minority, obscurity, particularity, priority, purity, security, seniority, sorority, superiority, supermajority, surety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: airth, aitch, chair, chart, chary, hairy, itchy, ratch, rhyta, triac, yacht, yirth. | |
-3 letters: achy, airt, airy, arch, arty, cart, char, chat, chay, chia, chit, city, hair, hart, itch, racy, rath, rich, tach, tahr, thir, tray. | |
-4 letters: act, air, ait, arc, art, car, cat, cay, chi, cry, hat, hay, hic, hit, ich, icy, rah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: arythmic, triarchy. | |
+2 letters: chirality, starchily, trachytic. | |
+3 letters: arrhythmic, charitably, eurybathic, hermatypic, hysterical, lathyritic, matriarchy, patriarchy, psychiatry, rhythmical, scratchily, switchyard, trierarchy. | |
+4 letters: bathymetric, cardiopathy, cryptarithm, dithyrambic, heretically, hydropathic, hydrostatic, hyperactive, hyperacuity, hyperstatic, hypogastric, ichthyosaur, macrophytic, pictography, psychiatric, saprophytic, switchyards, tachycardia, thermically, trophically, typographic. | |
+5 letters: actinomorphy, antihysteric, archetypical, astrophysics, cartoonishly, chalcopyrite, chromaticity, churchianity, cryptarithms, hermetically, hieratically, historically, hydrostatics, hyperacidity, hyperactives, hyperplastic, hypertypical, hypocritical, hysterically, ichthyosaurs, intrapsychic, lachrymosity, lycanthropic, phylacteries, physiocratic, prophylactic, psychiatries, psychiatrist, rhetorically, rhythmically, saccharinity, scintigraphy, tachycardias, theatrically, thoracically, triglyphical, uncharitably, unhysterical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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