Word: 'charism' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'charism' • Extended Annotations
from Greek kharisma "favor, divine gift"
from kharízomai "to show favor (grace), give freely"
from kharis "grace, beauty, kindness"
1875, "special spiritual gift or power divinely conferred, talent from God"
The plural form xarismata (kharismata) literally means "grace-endowments"
A pure, unadulterated word
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |