alms
noun/ɑːmz/
/ɑːmz/
[plural] (old-fashioned)- money, clothes and food that are given to poor peopleTopics Social issuesc2Word OriginOld English ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian Latin eleemosyna, from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’, from eleēmōn ‘compassionate’, from eleos ‘mercy’.
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