Definition of alms

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Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..

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Sportule :: Sportulary (a.) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
Rattan :: Rattan (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes..
Almsfolk :: Almsfolk (n.) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
Psalter :: Psalter (n.) The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
Psalmograph :: Psalmograph (n.) A writer of psalms; a psalmographer.
Canaliculated :: Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms..
Cycas :: Cycas (n.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago..
Composer :: Composer (n.) One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference..
Unalmsed :: Unalmsed (a.) Not having received alms.
Almsgiving :: Almsgiving (n.) The giving of alms.
Sporulation :: Sportule (n.) A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.
Elaeis :: Elaeis (n.) A genus of palms.
Psalter :: Psalter (n.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms..
Psalmistry :: Psalmistry (n.) The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.
Antiphon :: Antiphon (n.) A verse said before and after the psalms.
Dole :: Dole (n.) Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
Toddy :: Toddy (n.) A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation..
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