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Proctor :: Proctor (n.) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar..

Psalter :: Psalter (n.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms..

Cane :: Cane (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans..

Palmed :: Palmed (a.) Having or bearing a palm or palms.

Almsgiving :: Almsgiving (n.) The giving of alms.

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

Deodand :: Deodand (n.) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand..

Canaliculated :: Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms..

Palmiferous :: Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..

Versifier :: Versifier (n.) One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms..

Abram-man :: Abram-man (n.) One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms..

Sportule :: Sportulary (a.) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.

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..

Sporulation :: Sportule (n.) A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.

Psalmographist :: Psalmographist (n.) A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns..

Almsgiver :: Almsgiver (n.) A giver of alms.

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..

Malmsey :: Malmsey (n.) A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc..

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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