CARISSA, in botany: A genus of the monogynous order, belonging to the pentandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 30th order, Contorta. It has two many-seeded berries.
CARITAS.—The peculum caritatis, or grace-cup, was an extraordinary allowance of wine or other liquors, wherein the religious at festivals drank in commemoration of their founder and benefactors.