char·i·ty /ˈʧærəti/
 慈悲,博愛,慈善團體,施捨


 Char·i·ty n.; pl. Charities
 1. Love; universal benevolence; good will.
    Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these is charity.   --1. Cor. xiii. 13.
    They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the great charities . . . lie dead.   --Ruskin.
    With malice towards none, with charity for all.   --Lincoln.
 2. Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.
    The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.   --Buckminster.
 3. Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
    The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian.   --Dryden.
 4. Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
    She did ill then to refuse her a charity.   --L'Estrange.
 5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
 6. pl. Law Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
 The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
 Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.   --Wordsworth.
 Sisters of Charity R. C. Ch., a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.
 Syn: -- Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving.

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 charity
      n 1: a foundation created to promote the public good (not for
           assistance to any particular individuals)
      2: a kindly and lenient attitude toward people [syn: {brotherly
         love]
      3: an activity or gift that benefits the public at large
      4: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
         white flowers [syn: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, {Polemonium
         caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, {Polymonium
         caeruleum van-bruntiae]
      5: an institution set up to provide help to the needy


 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).