What does almsful mean?
Almsful means (archaic) Likely to give alms; charitable..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Likely to give alms; charitable..
A pure, warm-hearted woman, blamelessly She liv'd her noble life ; her almsful soul No truce of giving knew ; she made the days Happier for all.
Many a testator would have echoed the request of Fastolf that his goods might be so faithfully distributed in " almsful deeds and charitable works " that he might obtain "the more hasty deliverance of his soul from the painful flames of the fire of Purgatory."
In a few moments she passed nearby the penniless man, at whom she hardly glanced, — but saw enough, however, to be seized by a melancholia, and to produce a purse from a fold of her grey-silk muff, for her little heart is almsful and commpassionate.
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Almsful means (archaic) Likely to give alms; charitable..
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A pure, warm-hearted woman, blamelessly She liv'd her noble life ; her almsful soul No truce of giving knew ; she made the days Happier for all.
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