faith-based charity
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- noun
- /feɪθ-beɪst ˈtʃærɪti/
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organización benéfica religiosa
- So the employees require food stamps, housing assistance, childcare help, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, food pantries, and help from faith-based charities that demand their devotion to their religious doctrines if they want help.
- proposals for faith-based charity
Examples
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The faith-based charity provided food and shelter to those in need during the winter months.
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Is it true that Ms. Wesley accepts donations for a faith-based charity, Convoy of Hope, right there in the classroom?
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Also, his faith-based charity initiative channeled a lot of government dole into Catholic charities.
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However, I’m of the opinion that faith-based charity, especially person-to-person, is the best form of charity.
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Many volunteers joined the faith-based charity to help organize events that support the local community.
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The faith-based charity focuses on spreading hope and compassion through its outreach programs.
Antonyms
How Religious
Surface Forms
Morphology
faith-based + charity
The meaning 'a charity founded on or influenced by religious beliefs' is directly compositional from 'faith' (religious belief) + 'based' (founded on) combined with 'charity' (an organization helping others). This adjective-noun composition follows a common English pattern and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase faith-based charity paints a simple picture: help and services are built on faith and on the work of charity. These groups often came from churches or other religious communities who helped people because of their 'religious beliefs', so today the phrase means 'a charity guided by religion'.