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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromχάρισμα“grace”
- English todaycharism
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace”). Doublet of charisma.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace”). Doublet of charisma.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.