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Adjective: eleemosynary  `e-li'mó-su`ne-ree [N. Amer], `e-li'mó-su-nu-ree [Brit]
  1. Generous in assistance to the poor
    "eleemosynary relief"
    - beneficent, benevolent, philanthropic

See also: charitable

Encyclopedia: Eleemosynary