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Charisma
Charisma (Greek charisma, "God's gift") is an exceptional personal quality inspiring devotion; Max Weber made it a type of legitimate authority, and modern research treats it as learnable signaling, effective up to a point.
Charismatic authority
Charismatic authority: Weber's sociological category for legitimacy resting on followers' belief in a leader's extraordinary personal qualities, distinct from traditional and legal-rational authority; unstable, revolutionary, and routinized after succession.
Charismatic Christianity
Charismatic Christianity, also called Neo-Pentecostalism, is a lay movement from about 1960 of Christians in mainline denominations who practice spiritual gifts such as tongues and healing.
Charismatic movement
The charismatic movement, also called charismatic renewal or neo-Pentecostalism, is a Christian movement dating from about 1960 in which members of established denominations adopted Pentecostal practices while remaining in their churches.
Charissa Thompson
Charissa Thompson (Charissa Jean Thompson), American television host and sportscaster born 1982 in Seattle; hosts FOX NFL Kickoff and Prime Video's Thursday Night Football studio show, co-hosts the Calm Down podcast with Erin Andrews, and formerly worked at ESPN, Versus, Yahoo, and Extra.
Charitable organization
Charitable organization: legally defined institution advancing public benefit (poverty relief, education, health, religion). UK Charities Act 2011 public-benefit test; US 501(c)(3) tax exemption; distinct from nonprofits, NGOs, foundations; over 7% of US workforce.
Charitable trust
Charitable trust: a common law trust dedicated to a public charitable purpose rather than named beneficiaries, perpetual and exempt from the Rule Against Perpetuities, enforced by the Attorney General, and modified under cy pres when its purpose fails.
Charites (Χάριτες)
Charites (Χάριτες), Latin Gratiae, the Graces: minor Greek goddesses of charm, grace, and beauty, usually three (Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia), daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, with an ancient cult at Orchomenos and a later role as the allegory of the gift.
Chariton Eugeniotis
Chariton Eugeniotis (Χαρίτων Ευγενειώτης) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1177 to 1178, under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, between Michael III of Anchialus and Theodosius Vorradiotis.
Charity (practice)
Charity (practice) is voluntary giving of money, goods, or help to people in need, distinct from broader philanthropy and from mutual aid ('solidarity, not charity'). Covers religious traditions, tax treatment, UK sector scale (£102bn income), and public trust.
Charity Adams Earley
Charity Adams Earley (1918-2002), first Black WAAC officer and commander of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female WWII unit deployed overseas, which cleared 17 million mail pieces in three months.
Charity Clark
Charity R. Clark is an American Democratic politician and attorney serving as Attorney General of Vermont since 2023, the first woman elected to the position.
Charity granaries (yicang)
Charity granaries (yicang, 义仓) were Chinese local grain reserves built from levies on cultivators to relieve famine, established across all Tang prefectures and counties in 628.
Charlamagne tha God
Charlamagne tha God (Lenard Larry McKelvey) is an American radio host from Moncks Corner, South Carolina, co-host of The Breakfast Club since 2010, founder of The Black Effect Podcast Network, Radio Hall of Fame inductee, and bestselling author.
Charlane Oliver
Charlane Oliver is an American Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate from the 19th district, first elected in 2022 after co-founding the nonprofit The Equity Alliance in 2016.
Charlatan
Charlatan: a person falsely claiming knowledge or skill, especially medical; from Italian ciarlatano (ciarlare "chatter" plus Cerreto, an Umbrian village of quacks); English from 1595-1605; originally a mountebank selling remedies.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born 1942) is an American journalist who desegregated the University of Georgia with Hamilton Holmes in 1961, then worked at the New York Times, The New Yorker, PBS NewsHour, NPR, and CNN, winning two Emmys and two Peabody Awards.
Charlemagne
Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was King of the Franks from 768 and the first Holy Roman Emperor, crowned by Pope Leo III in 800.
Charlemagne Péralte
Charlemagne Péralte was a Haitian rebel leader who led Caco guerrilla resistance to the US occupation of Haiti until he was killed by US Marines in 1919.
Charlene A. Harrington
Charlene A. Harrington is an American health policy researcher, sociologist, and registered nurse, professor emerita at UCSF and a leading national expert on nursing home care and staffing.
Charlene Barshefsky
Charlene Barshefsky is an American trade lawyer who served as US Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, brokering the 1999 agreement that set terms for China's WTO entry.
Charlene V. E. Honeywell
Charlene V. E. Honeywell, born Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2009.
Charlene Ward Johnson
Charlene Ward Johnson is an American Democratic politician representing District 139 in the Texas House of Representatives since 2025, after serving on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees.
Charlene White
Charlene White (born 1980, Greenwich, London) is a British ITN newsreader, lead presenter of ITV News London, first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten (2014), Loose Women anchor since 2021, I'm a Celebrity 2022 contestant, and author of the memoir No Place Like Home.
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Charlene, Princess of Monaco (born Charlene Lynette Wittstock, 1978, Bulawayo) is a former South African Olympic swimmer, wife of Prince Albert II since 2011, mother of twins Jacques and Gabriella, and founder of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation for drowning prevention.
Charles
Charles: French and English masculine given name from Latin Carolus, from Germanic Karl meaning "man"; popularized by Charlemagne, gave Slavic words for king, borne by three British kings.
Charles A. Coffin
Charles A. Coffin (1844–1926) was an American businessman who rose from running a shoe factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, to become co-founder and first president of General Electric.
Charles A. Pannell, Jr.
Charles A. Pannell, Jr. (born 1946) is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia from 1999 until 2013.
Charles A. Robertson
Charles A. Robertson (1947–2020) was an American shipbuilder and cruise executive who founded American Cruise Lines, Pearl Seas Cruises, and Chesapeake Shipbuilding, pioneering US small-ship cruising.
Charles Adams (1770–1800)
Charles Adams (1770–1800), second son of John and Abigail Adams, was a New York lawyer who apprenticed under Alexander Hamilton, married Sally Smith in 1795, and died of alcoholism on November 30, 1800.