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alms  (ämz)
pl.n.
Money or goods given as charity to the poor.

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

alms [ahmz]
Noun, pl
Old-fashioned donations of money or goods to the poor [Greek eleēmosunē pity]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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

alms
plural noun (Old-fashioned) donation, relief, gift, charity, bounty, benefaction, koha N.Z.
Translations
alms [ɑːmz] npllimosna sg

alms [ɑːmz] naumône(s) f(pl)

alms [ɑːmz] nplAlmosen pl

alms [ɑːmz] nelemosina

alms
n pl alms [aːmz]
money etc given to the poor. aalmoes صَدَقَه، صَدَقَات милостиня almužna almisse das Almosen ελεημοσύνη (πληθ.) limosna almus صدقه almu(t) aumône צדָקָה दान milostinja alamizsna derma, sedekah ölmusa elemosina 施し 자선품 išmalda žēlastības dāvana wang sumbangan aalmoes almisse jałmużna esmola pomană милостыня almužna miloščina milostinja allmosa, allmosor เงินหรือของบริจาค sadaka, zekât 救濟金 милостиня خیرات của bố thí


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Mr Allworthy answered, "He could not dispute with the captain in the Greek language, and therefore could say nothing as to the true sense of the word which is translated charity; but that he had always thought it was interpreted to consist in action, and that giving alms constituted at least one branch of that virtue.
Thirty thousand crowns in alms is not given, as you have done for the last six months, out of pure Christian charity; that would be too grand.
Is this the still militant old man, standing at the corners of the three kingdoms, on all hands coercing alms of beggars?
 
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