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alms : 英英辞書
Alms
(), n. sing. & pl.[OE. almes, almesse, AS. lmysse, fr. L. eleemosyna, Gr. mercy, charity, alms, fr. to pity. Cf. Almonry, Eleemosynary.] Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people.
Acts x. 2.
Alms are but the vehicles of prayer.
Dryden.
Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoigne. Blackstone.
This word alms is singular in its form (almesse), and is sometimes so used; as, "asked an alms." Acts iii. 3."Received an alms." Shak. It is now, however, commonly a collective or plural noun. It is much used in composition, as almsgiver, almsgiving, alms bag, alms chest, etc.



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