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Eleemosynaria

Eleemosynaria, the place in a religious house where the common alms were deposited, and thence by the almoner distributed to the

Scutella eleemosynaria, an alms-basket

Frank-almoigne, free alms. A spiritual tenure whereby religious corporations, aggregate or sole, held

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Gk., an old man, and to take care of], an alms-house for old people. Their managers are called gerontocomi.

Perticulas, pittance; a small portion of alms or victuals. Also, certain poor scholars of the Isle of

of performing some certain spiritual services, as reading prayers, giving alms, etc., and neglected it; in either of which cases, if

discreet persons acting as assistants to the churchwardens in collecting alms and maintaining order. They are elected by the Parochial Church

collationis, a writ that issued where lands given in perpetual alms to any late houses of religion, as to an abbot

Almonarius [corruption of eleemosynarius], a distributer of alms

Act, 1824, s. 3 (5), and endeavouring anywhere to obtain alms by exposure of wounds, an offence of a 'rogue and

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