alms
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alms /ɑːmz/
▶plural noun (in historical contexts) charitable donations of money or food to the poor.
– origin OE ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian L. eleemosyna, from Gk eleēmosunē ‘compassion’, from eleēmōn ‘compassionate’, from eleos ‘mercy’.
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