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caritative

/ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/

caritative adjective: charitable.

Adjective

caritative (not comparable)

  1. charitable
    • Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as...2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 183
    • Initially guilds were founded founded for benevolent and caritative reasons; however, in time guilds developed into a major economic force within the towns in which they operated.2008, Arthur J. Gemmell, Western and Chinese Arbitration: The Arbitral Chain, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 63

Origin of caritative

From Latin cāritās.

Questions about caritative

What does caritative mean?
Caritative means charitable.
What part of speech is caritative?
Caritative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce caritative?
Caritative is pronounced /ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/.

Words near caritative in the dictionary

  1. carissas
  2. carissin
  3. Caristia
  4. caristiid
  5. caristiids
  6. caritative
  7. carite
  8. Carithers
  9. Caritherses
  10. caritive
  11. caritive case

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