alms[noun plural]Synonyms: donation, benefaction, beneficence, charity, contribution, offering
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alms /ɑːmz $ ɑːmz, ɑːlmz/
noun [plural] literary[
Language: Old English;
Origin: ælmesse, ælms, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Greek, from eleos 'pity']
money, food etc given to poor people in the past
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