Eleemosynary Synonyms

ĕlə-mŏsə-nĕrē, ĕlē-ə-
Of, relating to, or dependent on charity.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. benevolent

Words Related to Eleemosynary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Eleemosynary Sentence Examples

  • They are engaged principally in educational and eleemosynary work, and the development in such institutions is considerable.

  • The commissioner must inspect once each year all penal, correctional and eleemosynary institutions, including public hospitals, jails, poorhouses and corporations and organizations doing charitable work; and the commissioner appears as next friend in cases affecting the property of orphan minors, and has power to investigate complaints against public and private institutions whose charters may be revoked for cause by the commissioner.

  • They are important because they played a prominent role in the social life of England, especially as eleemosynary institutions, down to the time of their suppression in 1547 Religious gilds, closely resembling those of England, also flourished on the continent during the middle ages.

  • At the greatest possible distance from the church, beyond the precinct of the convent, is the eleemosynary department.