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id="div-gpt-ad-pc-wd-top" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of charity" class="word__name--TTbAA">charity<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>late Old English, "benevolence for the poor," also "Christian love in its highest manifestation," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">charité</span> "(Christian) charity, mercy, compassion; alms; charitable foundation" (12c.), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">caritatem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">caritas</span>) "costliness; esteem, affection," from <span class="foreign notranslate">carus</span> "dear, valued" (from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*karo-</span>, from root <a href="/word/*ka-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ka- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ka-</a> "to like, desire").</p> <p>In the Vulgate the Latin word often is used as translation of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">agape</span> "love" — especially Christian love of fellow man — perhaps to avoid the sexual suggestion of Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">amor</span>). The Vulgate also sometimes translated <span class="foreign notranslate">agape</span> by Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dilectio</span>, noun of action from <span class="foreign notranslate">diligere</span> "to esteem highly, to love" (see <a href="/word/diligence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of diligence " class="crossreference notranslate">diligence</a>).</p> <blockquote> Wyclif and the Rhemish version regularly rendered the Vulgate <span class="foreign notranslate">dilectio</span> by 'love,' <span class="foreign notranslate">caritas</span> by 'charity.' But the 16th c. Eng. versions from Tindale to 1611, while rendering <span class="foreign notranslate">agape</span> sometimes 'love,' sometimes 'charity,' did not follow the <span class="foreign notranslate">dilectio</span> and <span class="foreign notranslate">caritas</span> of the Vulgate, but used 'love' more often (about 86 times), confining 'charity' to 26 passages in the Pauline and certain of the Catholic Epistles (not in I John), and the Apocalypse .... In the Revised Version 1881, 'love' has been substituted in all these instances, so that it now stands as the uniform rendering of <span class="foreign notranslate">agape</span>. [OED] </blockquote> <p>The general sense of "affections people ought to feel for one another" is from c. 1300. Also from c. 1300 as "an act of kindness or philanthropy," also "alms, that which is bestowed gratuitously on a person or persons in need." The sense of "charitable foundation or institution" in English is attested by 1690s. The meaning "liberality in judging others or their actions" is from late 15c. A <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">charity-school</span></strong> (1680s) educated (and sometimes housed and fed) poor children and was maintained by voluntary contributions or bequests.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:12c.">12c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to charity">Entries linking to <i>charity</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of diligence" href="/word/diligence#etymonline_v_8577">diligence<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of diligence" href="/word/diligence?utm_source=related_entries#etymonline_v_8577"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-diligence-8577p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of diligence"/></a></div><p>mid-14c., "constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">diligence</span> "attention, care; haste, speed" and directly from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">diligentia</span> "attentiveness, carefulness," from <span class="foreign notranslate">diligentem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">diligens</span>) "attentive, assiduous, careful," present-participle adjective from <span class="foreign notranslate">diligere</span> "single out, value highly, esteem, prize, love; aspire to, be content with, appreciate," originally "to pick out, select," from <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "apart" (see <a href="/word/dis-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dis- " class="crossreference notranslate">dis-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">legere</span> "choose, gather," from PIE root <a href="/word/*leg-#etymonline_v_52572" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *leg- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*leg-</a> (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')."</p> <p>Sense evolved through time from "love" through "attentiveness" to "carefulness" to "steady effort." Legal sense "attention and care due from a person in a given situation" is from 1620s. From the secondary French sense comes the old useage of <span class="foreign notranslate">diligence</span> for "public stage coach" (1742; <span class="foreign notranslate">dilly</span> for short), from a French shortening of <span class="foreign notranslate">carrosse de diligence</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of caress" href="/word/caress#etymonline_v_5379">caress<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1640s, "a show of endearment, display of regard," from French <span class="foreign notranslate">caresse</span> (16c.), a back-formation from <span class="foreign notranslate">caresser</span> or else from Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">carezza</span> "endearment," from <span class="foreign notranslate">caro</span> "dear," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">carus</span> "dear, costly, beloved" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*ka-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ka- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ka-</a> "to like, desire"). The meaning "affectionate stroke" is attested in English from 1650s. Related to <a href="/word/charity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of charity " class="crossreference notranslate">charity</a>, <a href="/word/cherish" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cherish " class="crossreference notranslate">cherish</a>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of caritas" href="/word/caritas"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">caritas</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of ch" href="/word/ch"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">ch</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of charitable" href="/word/charitable"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">charitable</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *ka-" href="/word/*ka-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*ka-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/charity/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->6<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of charity">Trends of <i>charity</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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Meaning "social matrix of ruling people and institutions" is attested occasionally from 1923, consistently from</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of foundation" href="/word/foundation"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">foundation<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "action of founding," from Old French fondacion "foundation" (14c.) or directly from Late Latin fundationem (nominative fundatio) "a founding," noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin fundare "to lay a bottom or foundation" (see found (v.1)). The Latin word i</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of gift" href="/word/gift"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">gift<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-13c. 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