Munificence vs Charity - What's the difference?
munificence | charity | Synonyms |
The quality of being munificent; generosity.
(obsolete) Means of defence; fortification.
(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.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
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, chapter=6 (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
Munificence is a synonym of charity.
As a noun munificence
is the quality of being munificent; generosity or munificence can be (obsolete) means of defence; fortification.As a proper noun charity is
.munificence
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) munificence, from (etyl) munificentiaNoun
(-)Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) (lena) .Noun
- (Spenser)
charity
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Noun
- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
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”. […]’.}}