alms /ɑːmz $ ɑːmz, ɑːlmz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] literary
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: ælmesse , ælms , from Late Latin eleemosyna , from Greek , from eleos 'pity' ]
money, food etc given to poor people in the past
alms /ɑːmz $ ɑːmz, ɑːlmz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] literary
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: ælmesse , ælms , from Late Latin eleemosyna , from Greek , from eleos 'pity' ]
money, food etc given to poor people in the past
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012