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caritas

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[kah-ri-tahs, kar-i-tas] / ˈkɑ rɪˌtɑs, ˈkær ɪˌtæs /

noun

Latin.
  1. charity.


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Charity, or caritas, can be defined as an act of generous love.

From New York Times Apr. 3, 2014

The day after the worldwide broadcast, "Ubi caritas" will be available as a download from Decca Records.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2011

Mealor, 35, was born in Wales, where William is based as a Royal Air Force rescue helicopter pilot, and "Ubi caritas" premiered in October at St. Andrews University in Scotland, where the royal couple met.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2011

The marriage of pluralism and productivity best realizes the Christian ideal of caritas, or the compassionate love of fellow human beings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mandeville professes also the extreme rigorist doctrine that whatever is not virtue is vice: in Augustinian terms, aut caritas aut cupiditas.

From A Letter to Dion by Viner, Jacob

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