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• charity begins at home — Help, support, etc should first be given to one s own family, countrymen, etc before others, usu an excuse for not helping others • • • Main Entry: ↑charity * * * charity begins at home spoken phrase used for saying that you should look after… …   Useful english dictionary

• charity begins at home — ► charity begins at home proverb a person s first responsibility is for the needs of their own family and friends. Main Entry: ↑charity …   English terms dictionary

• charity begins at home — c 1383 in Wyclif English Works (EETS) 78 Charite schuld bigyne at hem self. a 1625 BEAUMONT & FLETCHER Wit without Money V. ii. Charity and beating begins at home. 1659 T. FULLER Appeal of Injured Innocence I. 25 Charity begins, but doth not end …   Proverbs new dictionary

• charity begins at home — spoken used for saying that you should look after yourself, your own family, friends, or country before you start helping other people …   English dictionary

• CHARITY — The obligation to help the poor and the needy and to give them gifts is stated many times in the Bible and was considered by the rabbis of all ages to be one of the cardinal mitzvot of Judaism. In the Bible The Bible itself legislates several… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• charity — n. 1) to dispense, distribute, give charity to; to bestow charity on, upon 2) to accept charity 3) to ask for, beg for, plead for charity 4) an act of charity 5) charity for (charity for the needy) 6) (misc.) (proverb) charity begins at home * *… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Charity (practice) — Illustration of charity The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver. Contents 1 Etymology …   Wikipedia

• charity — char|i|ty [ tʃerəti ] noun *** 1. ) count an organization to which you give money so that it can give money and help to people who are poor or sick, or who need advice and support: The March of Dimes is a registered charity. a ) uncount these… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• charity — char|i|ty W3S2 [ˈtʃærıti] n plural charities [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: charité, from Late Latin caritas Christian love , from Latin carus dear ] 1.) an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• charity — [[t]tʃæ̱rɪti[/t]] ♦♦♦ charities 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are ill, disabled, or very poor. The National Trust is a registered charity. ...an Aids charity. 2) N UNCOUNT If… …   English dictionary

• charity */*/*/ — UK [ˈtʃærətɪ] / US [ˈtʃerətɪ] noun Word forms charity : singular charity plural charities 1) [countable] an organization to which you give money so that it can give money and help to people who are poor or ill, or who need advice and support The… …   English dictionary