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Definition
helping others — especially donating money to worthy causes; or an organization that does so
- He became active in philanthropy too, founded and helped to maintain many institutions in the town,Book 6 — The Russian Monk (58% in)
philanthropy = helping others — especially donating money to worthy causes
- And in prison he was immediately surrounded by pastors, members of Christian brotherhoods, philanthropic ladies, and the like.Book 5 — Pro And Contra (38% in)
- All Geneva was in excitement about him—all philanthropic and religious Geneva.Book 5 — Pro And Contra (38% in)
- 'Yes,' cry the pastors and the judges and philanthropic ladies.Book 5 — Pro And Contra (39% in)
- That pamphlet is translated into Russian by some Russian philanthropists of aristocratic rank and evangelical aspirations, and has been distributed gratis for the enlightenment of the people.Book 5 — Pro And Contra (39% in)
- He became active in philanthropy too, founded and helped to maintain many institutions in the town, did a good deal in the two capitals, and in both Moscow and Petersburg was elected a member of philanthropic societies.Book 6 — The Russian Monk (58% in)
- Then it will be real Christian work, not only mystic, but rational and philanthropic....Book 12 — A Judicial Error (91% in)
There are no more uses of "philanthropy" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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