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Charity vs Corban - What's the difference?

charity | corban |

As a proper noun charity

is .

As a noun corban is

an offering to god, especially in fulfilment of a vow.

charity

English

Noun

  • (archaic)  Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
  • In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
  • Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
  • (uncountable)  Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • (countable)  The goods or money given to those in need.
  • (countable)  An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
  • Synonyms

    * (organization) charitable organization

    corban

    English

    Alternative forms

    * korban

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
  • * 1901 , The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
  • but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban , that is to say, Given [to God];
  • An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
  • Usage notes

    * In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word is usually translated oblation, as in Numbers xviii. 9, xxxi. 50. * The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban. English terms derived from the Bible ----