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The definition of alms are charitable donations of money, food, clothes or other needs of those who are impoverished.

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An example of alms would be the food given to a soup kitchen.

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noun pl. alms

money, food, clothes, etc. given to poor people
Obsolete a deed of mercy

Origin: ME almesse < OE ælmesse < LL(Ec) eleemosyna < Gr eleēmosynē, pity, mercy (in LXX & N.T., charity, alms) < eleēmōn, merciful < eleos, mercy, orig., woe, prob. < IE echoic base *el- > Norw dial. jalm, noise

Related Forms:

almsgiver noun
almsgiving noun

See alms in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun

Money or goods given as charity to the poor.

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Origin: Middle English almes

Origin: , from Old English ǽlmesse

Origin: , from Late Latin eleēmosyna

Origin: , from Greek eleēmosunē, pity, charity

Origin: , from eleēmōn, pitiful

Origin: , from eleos, pity

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