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alms
n.
charity, aid, something given to the poor (money, food, etc.)
alm
n.
high mountain meadow
Alms
Alms (, ) or
almsgiving involves giving to others as an act of virtue, either materially or in the sense of providing capabilities (e.g. education) for free. It exists in a number of religions and regions. The word, in the modern English language, comes from the
Old English ælmesse,
ælmes, from
Late Latin eleemosyna, from
Greek ἐλεημοσύνη
eleēmosynē "pity, alms", from ἐλεήμων
eleēmōn "merciful", from ἔλεος
eleos "pity".
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alms
Noun
1. voluntary contributions to aid the poor
(synonym) alms-giving, almsgiving
(hypernym) charity
Alms
(n. sing. & pl.)
Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Alms
Monetary penance. Usually a priest hearing confession of a member of the nobility would assign a small value in alms to be paid to the poor.