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eleemosynary

[el-uh-mos-uh-ner-ee, -moz-, el-ee-uh-] / ˌɛl əˈmɒs əˌnɛr i, -ˈmɒz-, ˌɛl i ə- /


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A moment of levity came as Justice Mechan decided they would strike the convoluted word "eleemosynary" - used here as legalese for charitable - from the instructions.

From BBC May 21, 2024

It’s fair to presume that one purpose of all this eleemosynary activity is to obscure the less uplifting ways that the rich deploy their wealth.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2023

Still, the eleemosynary impulse is alive and well — not just surviving but booming despite the pandemic and polarization.

From Washington Post Nov. 24, 2021

A hoarding of natural resources, especially those that are agriculturally based, would cause the cost of humanitarian aid to become unaffordable, especially when there is so little capital for eleemosynary efforts because of ruined economies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Devoted to the offices of religion, they proved the sincerity of their faith by their eleemosynary services to sick and dying men and women in prison and to debased mariners in port.

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh




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