alms

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alms

1.
Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.
Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.
c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.

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From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from *alemōsinā, a borrowing from *alemosyna, from eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (alms), from ἐλεέω (to have mercy), from ἔλεος (mercy). Compare Aalmoose alms, aalmoes alms, Almosen alms, almoina alms, esmola alms, esmola alms, limosna alms, aumône alms.