"Charity" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages. The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic. Etymology templates: {{m|en|charity}} charity Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Charity
  1. A female given name from English. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Related terms: Cherry Translations (female given name meaning Christian love): সদকা (śodoka) (Bengali), Lempi (Finnish), Caridade [feminine] (Galician), Любовь (Ljubovʹ) (Russian), Caridad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Charity-en-name-2onTjvcs Disambiguation of 'female given name meaning Christian love': 100 0
  2. The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. Categories (topical): Qur'an Translations (107th sura of the Qur'an): ⁧سورة الماعون⁩ (Arabic), সূরা মাঊন (śura maun) (Bengali), ⁧مائۇن⁩ (ma'un) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Charity-en-name-GVfzot4x Disambiguation of Qur'an: 19 81 Disambiguation of "107th sura of the Qur'an": 3 97

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