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1Alms and Almsgiving — • Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alms and Almsgiving Alms and Almsgiving …
2alms|man — «AHMZ muhn, AHLMZ », noun, plural men. 1. a person supported by alms. 2. a giver of alms: »King John also was a great almsman (Edward A. Freeman) …
3alms — [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna, which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar… …
4alms — [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna, which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar… …
5almsgiver — noun a person who gives alms • Hypernyms: ↑donor, ↑giver, ↑presenter, ↑bestower, ↑conferrer * * * almsgiving, n. /ahmz giv euhr/, n. a person who gives alms. [1625 35; …
6Almoner — An official who dispensed Alms for some other person or institution, e.g. the king and queen each had an almoner, as would a religious house; an alms giver. Robert Mannyng (c.1330) uses aumenere in Handlyng Synne: Seynt John, the aumenere . [< …
7almsgiver — almsgiving, n. /ahmz giv euhr/, n. a person who gives alms. [1625 35; ALMS + GIVER] * * * …
8Belisarius — Flavius Belisarius ( el. Βελισάριος) (505(?) – 565) was one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most acclaimed generals in history. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian I s ambitious project of reconquering much of …
9ælmesdónd — m ( es/ dénd) alms giver …
10almoner — giver of alms; social worker in a hospital Ecclesiastical Terms …