charity
Noun
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is a type of: foundation - an institution supported by an endowmentsubtypes:
- philanthropic foundation - a foundation that provides funds for science or art or education or religion or relief from disease etc.
- private foundation - a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public
- public charity - a charity that is deemed to receive the major part of its support from the public (rather than from a small group of individuals)
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is a type of:
- benevolence - an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
- supernatural virtue, theological virtue - according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues
same as: brotherly love -
is a type of: polemonium - any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions
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is a type of: establishment, institution - an organization founded and united for a specific purposesubtypes:
- community chest - a charity supported by individual subscriptions; defrays the demands on a community for social welfare
- soup kitchen - a place where food is dispensed to the needy
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