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  • rent the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
  • lawrence Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
  • teresa Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
  • theresa Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
  • alms money or goods contributed to the poor
  • benevolent generous in assistance to the poor
  • haiti a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
  • philanthropic generous in assistance to the poor
  • poorhouse an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
  • beneficent generous in assistance to the poor
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