a kind of cavalry in the Turkish army. The cariphi to the number of about 1000 are not slaves, nor bred up in the fraglio, like the rest; but are generally Moors or renegade Christians, who having followed adventures, being poor, and having their fortune to seek by their dexterity and courage, have arrived at the rank of horse guards to the Grand Signior.

CARISSA. See Botany Index.

CARITAS.—The poculum caritatis, or grace cup, was an extraordinary allowance of wine or other liquors, wherein the religious at festivals drank in commemoration of their founders and benefactors.