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Word: Alms
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian Latin eleemosyna, from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’, from eleēmōn ‘compassionate’, from eleos ‘mercy’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɑːmz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people
Short Definition:money or food given to poor people
Examples:- the riders stopped to distribute alms
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