eleemosynary

• An eighth-grade pupil at Jordan School, Clapp became champion by correctly spelling "eleemosynary" and "herbaceous." —  Sunjournal - Connecting you with your Community
• In the island of Mull, about L.3000 of money raised in charity was spent in the year ending October 10, 1848, for the eleemosynary support of the people. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852
• He should feel that he is no mere eleemosynary, but that he possesses a fund which is his very own. —  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle
• As eleemosynary, they are the creatures of the founder; he may delegate his power, either generally or specially; he may prescribe particular modes and manners, as to the exercise of part of it In New England, and perhaps throughout the United States, eleemosynary corporations have been generally established by incorporating governors, or trustees, and vesting in them the right of visitation. —  Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
• The bounteous alms of John the eleemosynary were dictated by superstition, or benevolence, or policy. —  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4

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