charism

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  1. noun Christianity Charisma.

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  • So did the Founder's secret life inform the charism, methodology, and spiritual life of his institute. —  Spero News
  • The pope said he hoped that during this year dedicated to St. Paul women and men religious would "welcome the witness of St. Paul, meditating every day on the word of God" and fulfilling their "apostolic service in and with the church in a spirit of unreserved communion, allowing their charism to be a gift for others and witnessing to the fact that the greatest charism is love." —  CNS latest top stories
  • Good pieces for understanding what a charism is: in Communio this month (if that doesn't make you want to be in a "new movement" ....); and from pre-PapaRatzi. —  Wheat & Weeds
  • This situation is an utter disaster: 800 priests and 70,000 lay people find themselves caught up in a religious movement which, incredibly, still promotes the "charism" of its founder. —  CathNews
  • The passages we have heard this day all speak of the mystical charism, the gift, of wisdom by which we know the will of God, and of the grace God gives us to carry it out. —  The Continuum
 

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  1. from Greek χάρισμα, a gift, from χαρίζεσθαι, favor, gratify, give, from χάρις, favor, grace, from χαίρειν, rejoice, he glad, akin to L. gratus, pleasant, gratia, grace: see grateful and grace.
 

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/ˈkærɪzm/
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