works of charity

collocation in English

meaningsofworkandcharity

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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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charity
noun
uk
/ˈtʃær.ə.ti/us
/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬i/
an organization whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to those who need it, or to carry out activities such as medical research that will help people in need, and not to make ...
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(Definition ofworkandcharityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofworks of charity

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He gave of himself totally in carrying out his priestly duties and inworksofcharity.
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We approved, initiated, and furthered manyworksofcharityfor the relief of countless untold wartime disasters and hardships from which practically no one escaped.
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Under this rule, enclosure was optional, enabling non-enclosed followers of the rule to engage in variousworksofcharitynot allowed to enclosed religious.
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All proceeds go directly to theworksofcharity.
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Named for the theological virtue alternatively translated as either charity or love, it recognizes extraordinaryworksofcharityand service.
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It need hardly be added that he highly regardsworksofcharity.
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There he passed his life in the administration of his diocese, literary labours, andworksofcharity.
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He further recommended that fasting and abstinence be replaced with prayer andworksofcharityin countries where the standard of living is lower.
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The main object and duty of these societies were, above all, the practice of piety andworksofcharity.
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Her father was a very pious ruler who gave much attention toworksofcharityin his duchy.
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Corporalworksofcharityand mutual help were undertaken voluntarily and zealously and considered a peculiarly pious duty.
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For this, fresh conditions are appointed, usually including a certain number of visits to local churches and sometimes fasting or otherworksofcharity.
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He persuaded the rich royalty, nobles, and others to a great generosity, without which his largeworksofcharitywould have been impossible.
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He gave encouragement toworksofcharity.
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The city offered a splendid field forworksofcharity, especially for the instruction of neglected and homeless children, many of whom had lost their parents.
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Frances drew other women of the city to join her in herworksofcharity.
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As to their activities, almost all dedicate themselves toworksofcharity, either in hospitals, homes, or ateliers; others work in schools, not a few are in foreign missions.
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There seemed to be a preference for ecstatic prayer at the expense ofworksofcharity, with a number of members all speaking in tongues at the same time.
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In place of abstinence or fasting it can substitute, in whole or in part, other forms of penance, especiallyworksofcharityand exercises of piety.
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Beltran continues to performworksofcharity.
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