alms-giving
1alms-giving — noun making voluntary contributions to aid the poor • Syn: ↑almsgiving • Hypernyms: ↑giving, ↑gift …
2Alms — or almsgiving exists in a number of religions. In general, it involves giving materially to another as an act of religious virtue. In Abrahamic religions, alms are given as charity to benefit the poor. In Buddhism, alms are given by lay people to …
3Alms — Charity for the destitute and poor. Such giving was deemed one of the duties of a monastery and the wealthy. Alms were doled out on a monastery s patron saint s day, for example, or on the anniversary of its founder s death, and on Good Friday;… …
4giving — I noun 1. the act of giving (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑gift • Derivationally related forms: ↑gift (for: ↑gift), ↑give …
5Alms and Almsgiving — • Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alms and Almsgiving Alms and Almsgiving …
6Alms (disambiguation) — Alms may refer to: *Alms, charitable giving * the American Le Mans SeriesMusic* Alms , an album by Re: * Alms , a song by The Futureheads from their album The Futureheads …
7alms|giv|ing — «AHMZ GIHV ihng, AHLMZ », noun. the giving of help to the poor …
8Giving — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Giving >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 giving giving &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 bestowal bestowal bestowment donation Sgm: N 1 presentation presentation presentment Sgm: N 1 accordance accordance …
9alms — [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna, which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar… …
10alms — [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna, which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar… …
