eleemosynary
adjective
[ ˌɛlɪiːˈmɒsɪnəri ]
• relating to or dependent on charity; charitable.
Origin:
late 16th century (as a noun denoting a place where alms were distributed): from medieval Latin eleemosynarius, from late Latin eleemosyna ‘alms’, from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’ (see alms).
