I am bound to say he didn't criticise his benefactors, though practically he got tired of them; she, however, had the highest standards about eleemosynary forms.
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Eleemosynary
//ˌɛl.ɪˈmɑː.sə.nɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "eleemosynary" (49 found)
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Chinese
3 entries- 慈善的 adj (given in charity)
- 接受接济的 adj (supported by charity)
- 施舍的 adj (relating to charity)
Portuguese
3 entries- apoiado por caridade adj (supported by charity)
- fornecido através de caridade adj (given in charity)
- relacionado a caridade adj (relating to charity)
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He did some work for the New York Public Library . . . and also dabbled in eleemosynary science for the Russell Sage Foundation.
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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.
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His spirited refusal of an eleemosynary supply of shoes, arose, no doubt, from a proper pride.
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