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caritas

[ kah-ri-tahs; English kar-i-tas ]

/ ˈkɑ rɪˌtɑs; English ˈkær ɪˌtæs /

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OTHER WORDS FROM caritas

car·i·ta·tive

[kar-i-tey-tiv, -tuh-tiv], /ˈkær ɪˌteɪ tɪv, -tə tɪv/, adjective

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How to use caritas in a sentence

"It is not enough to have altar girls, women readers or women as the president of Caritas," he said.
What About Women, Pope Francis?|Janine di Giovanni|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quem enim nimia sui caritas ceperit, aliena deserit: nee sibi quisquam ambitiose atque aliis amice consulere potest.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
Multa enim gesta sunt per contentionem ab Episcopis in ordinationibus faciendis, quod tua melius caritas novit.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John|Isaac Newton
The highest rung has been reached by Christian love (Caritas) personified as a woman to whom a crown is proffered from heaven.
Woman under Monasticism|Lina Eckenstein

Cuius cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt, ipse Carthaginem rediit, neque eum caritas patriae retinuit nec suorum.
De Officiis|Marcus Tullius Cicero
Four names are applied to what pertains to the same: amor, dilectio, caritas, et amicitia.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor