Definition of Public charity

1. Noun. A charity that is deemed to receive the major part of its support from the public (rather than from a small group of individuals).

Generic synonyms: Charity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Charity

public-houses
public-intoxication
public-key cryptography
public-law
public-relations
public-relations campaign
public-school
public-sector
public-service corporation
public-spirited
public access
public access television
public address system
public authorities
public authority
public charity (current term)
public comment
public comments
public convenience
public debate
public debt
public defender
public discussion
public domain
public enemies
public enemy
public executioner
public exposure
public eye

Literary usage of Public charity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Relief and Private Charity by Josephine Shaw Lowell (1884)
"I think it is one evil of public charity that the poor, who are not very accurate arithmeticians, are apt to overrate the power of a public charity, ..."

2. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"... and had not public charity provided for these poor creatures, whose number was exceeding great, and in all cases of this nature must be so, ..."

3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"Every charity which is extensive in its object may, in a certain sense, be called a public charity. Nor will a mere act of incorporation change a charity ..."

4. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"General principles of public charity. .... public charity in Mass. (5 same 1883: xlv-xvii.) . Govs. assault on state charities; special accusations agst. ..."

5. Modern Methods of Charity: An Account of the Systems of Relief, Public and by Charles Richmond Henderson (1904)
"The commission regarded the aid given in homes by public charity as subject to ... Outdoor relief by public charity organizations is to be kept within the ..."

6. Modern Methods of Charity: An Account of the Systems of Relief, Public and by Charles Richmond Henderson (1904)
"The commission regarded the aid given in homes by public charity as subject to ... Outdoor relief by public charity organizations is to be kept within the ..."

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