caritas

[ kah-ri-tahs; English kar-i-tas ]

noun

, Latin.

1. charity.

Other Words From

• car·i·ta·tive [kar, -i-tey-tiv, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective

Example Sentences

Caritas Bakhita House in central London, which adopted the pet four years ago, offers a safe place for those who have been enslaved, exploited and trafficked.

From BBC

"I'm so proud Marley has won National Cat of the Year - he's a wonderful example of the power of love," said Karen Anstiss, head of Caritas Bakhita House.

From BBC

Aid organisation Caritas has appealed for volunteers to help in affected areas.

From BBC

“Here we do distribution in a targeted manner,” Ahmat Absakine, an aid worker with Caritas, another aid group in the region.

From Seattle Times

The secretary general of the Caritas Europa charity group, Maria Nyman, said the deal shows that EU countries “prefer to shift their asylum responsibility to non-EU countries, prevent arrivals and speed up return, exposing migrants to human rights violations.”

From Washington Times

Related Words

• compassion
• generosity
• goodness
• kindness
• love
• tenderness