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Word: almoner (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • a title given to a royal officer charged with the duty of distributing alms or bounty on behalf of a monarch
  • one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop
  • one who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses;

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