obs. forms of CHARITY.
c. 1200. Vices & Virtues, 37. Se ðe wuneð on karite, he wuneð on gode. Ibid. Wuniȝen on karite, þat is, luue of gode and of mannen.
1706. Phillips, Karite or Carite, a Name which our Monks in former times gave to the best Drink or strong Beer that was kept in their Monastery.
