Bounteous vs Eleemosynary - What's the difference?
bounteous | eleemosynary | Related terms |
Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.
* 1918 , , "Owd Bob" in Mince Pie :
Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance.
* 1749 , , Book I ch i:
* 1855 , (Walt Whitman), "To the Pending Year" in Leaves of Grass :
Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.
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* 1991 , Washington Post , October 27:
(obsolete) A beggar
Bounteous is a related term of eleemosynary.
As adjectives the difference between bounteous and eleemosynary
is that bounteous is (of a person) inclined to be generous while eleemosynary is .eleemosynary
English
(wikipedia eleemosynary)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- He did some work for the New York Public Library . . . and also dabbled in eleemosynary science for the Russell Sage Foundation.
- An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.
- Crouch low thy neck to eleemosynary gifts.
- Amidst all this, the legal business, the acquiring of land, the construction of the Montgomery Block, Billings had generosity and time to support the founding of the University of California and a half dozen churches, schools, orphan asylums and other eleemosynary institutions.