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Definition of: alms
(ämz) noun sing. & plural
A gift or gifts for the poor; charitable offerings; charity. Some self-explaining compounds have alms as their first element: almsgiver, almsgiving, almsmoney, etc. Collateral adjective: eleemosynary. [OE ælmesse <L eleemosyna alms <Gk. eleēmosynē <eleos pity]
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