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alms  (ämz)

pl.n.

Money or goods given as charity to the poor.

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[Middle English almes, from Old English ælmesse, from Late Latin elemosyna, from Greek elemosun, pity, charity, from elemn, pitiful, from eleos, pity.]

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alms [ɑːmz]

pl n

charitable donations of money or goods to the poor or needy

[Old English ælmysse, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Greek eleēmosunē pity; see eleemosynary]

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alms - Goes back to Greek eleemosune, "compassion, pity," and eleos, "mercy."

See also related terms for pity.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

alms - money or goods contributed to the poor donation, contribution - act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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alms

plural noun (Old-fashioned) donation, relief, gift, charity, bounty, benefaction Alms were distributed to those in need.

Translations

alms [ɑːmz] NPL → limosna fsing

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alms [ˈɑːmz] n → aumône f

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alms

pl → Almosen pl

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alms:

alms box

n → Almosenstock m

almshouse

n → Armenhaus nt

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alms [ɑːmz] npl (old) → elemosina sg
to give alms → fare l'elemosina

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alms

n pl alms [aːmz]

money etc given to the poor. aalmoes صَدَقَه، صَدَقَات милостиня almužna almisse das Almosen ελεημοσύνη (πληθ.) limosna almus صدقه almut aumône צדָקָה दान milostinja alamizsna derma, sedekah ölmusa elemosina 施し 자선 기부금 išmalda žēlastības dāvana wang sumbangan aalmoes almisse jałmużna esmola pomană милостыня almužna miloščina milostinja allmosa, allmosor เงินหรือของบริจาค sadaka, zekât 救濟金(品) милостиня خیرات của bố thí 救济金