alms

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   money, food, clothing, or other aid given to poor people as an act of charity

   The monastery distributed alms to families during the winter shortage.

Common collocations

• alms dish Noun + noun

From Old English aelmesse, through Late Latin eleemosyna from Ancient Greek eleemosyne, 'pity, mercy, charity,' based on eleemon, 'merciful.' Despite its final s, alms functions in modern English as a mass noun or a plural-form noun.

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