alms : Idioms & Phrases

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alms box

  • noun box for collecting alms, especially one in a church
    mite box; poor box.
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alms dish

  • noun a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation
    alms dish.
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alms tray

  • noun a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation
    alms dish.
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alms-giving

  • noun making voluntary contributions to aid the poor
    almsgiving.
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Plow alms

  • a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Cowell.
Webster 1913

Tenure by fee alms

  • . (Law) See Frankalmoigne.
Webster 1913

Tenure by free alms

  • . See Frankalmoign.
Webster 1913