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eleemosynary

adjective as in generous

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Eleemosynary corporations are for the management of private property, according to the will of the donors.

If the view which has been taken of this question be at all correct, this was an eleemosynary corporation, a private charity.

The system is industrial and not eleemosynary, aiming solely at providing a recognized market-place for labour.

(c) To public libraries, since they are for the most part eleemosynary institutions, and hence entitled to charity.

The lantern shone also against the knees of Archelaus, and lit up the check-board pattern of the eleemosynary trousers.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to eleemosynary, such as: benevolent, charitable, gratuitous, and philanthropic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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