Eleemosynary Definition

ĕlə-mŏsə-nĕrē, ĕlē-ə-
adjective
Of or for charity or alms; charitable.
Webster's New World
Supported by or dependent on charity.
Webster's New World
Given as charity; free.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun

(obsolete) A beggar.

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Other Word Forms of Eleemosynary

Noun

Singular:
eleemosynary
Plural:
eleemosynaries

Origin of Eleemosynary

  • From Medieval Latin eleemosynarius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleemosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosynē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleëō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (eleos, “pity”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius from Late Latin eleēmosyna alms alms

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Italian elemosina.

    From Wiktionary

Eleemosynary Sentence Examples

  • They are engaged principally in educational and eleemosynary work, and the development in such institutions is considerable.

  • The commissioner must inspect once each year all penal, correctional and eleemosynary institutions, including public hospitals, jails, poorhouses and corporations and organizations doing charitable work; and the commissioner appears as next friend in cases affecting the property of orphan minors, and has power to investigate complaints against public and private institutions whose charters may be revoked for cause by the commissioner.

  • They are important because they played a prominent role in the social life of England, especially as eleemosynary institutions, down to the time of their suppression in 1547 Religious gilds, closely resembling those of England, also flourished on the continent during the middle ages.

  • At the greatest possible distance from the church, beyond the precinct of the convent, is the eleemosynary department.

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