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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eleemosynary /ˌɛlɪiːˈmɒsɪnəri, -ˈmɒz-/

▶adjective formal charitable.

– origin C16: from med. L. eleemosynarius, from late L. eleemosyna ‘alms’, from Gk eleēmosunē (see alms).

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