eleemosynary corporation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A corporation dedicated to charity, particularly one established for the perpetual distribution of the alms or bounty of the founder.
Example Sentences
- "As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]"
- "An eleemosynary corporation is one that is constituted for the perpetual distribution of the free alms or bounty of the founder, to such persons as he has directed: as hospitals for the maintenance of the poor, sick and impotent."
- "The longest drawn out, and one of the most interesting litigations arising in this county, was a suit involving the right of an eleemosynary corporation to rent for profit the corporate property, after the corporation had ceased to do business under its charter."
- "In the case of eleemosynary corporations, the founder may appoint a visitor. If none is appointed, the founder (or his heirs) is the visitor by operation of law."