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    Charity

    CHAR-ih-tee

    Meaning

    Love; Christian love

    Latin/English origin · Girl · First in 1 Corinthians

    What it points to

    Charity is the greatest of all virtues — the self-giving love that reflects God's own nature and defines true Christianity.

    Verse · King James Version

    “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”

    1 Corinthians 13:13

    Most used in the 1970s (US records)

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