What does alms mean?
Alms means Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food..
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/ɑːmz/ · noun
Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food..
She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.
Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.
c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.
Use alms when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alms means Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food..
Common synonyms include alms-giving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.
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