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alms

/ɑmz/

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What does alms mean?

noun

  1. Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
  2. plural of ALM

proper noun

  1. Initialism of American Le Mans Series, an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. Initialism of Asian Le Mans Series, an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series.
  2. A surname from German.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɑmz/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɑlmz//æmz/
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These beasts above-said they let take when they be young, and nourish them so with alms, as many as they may find.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
They pounce on this one sentence, “which gave much alms to the people,” because it serves their assertion that merit precedes grace.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
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Is this the still militant old man, standing at the corners of the three kingdoms, on all hands coercing alms of beggars?
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
I have seen one who robbed her husband wholesale, that, as she told her confessor, she might distribute the more liberal alms.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
A gentleman residing in Marseilles had seen him while soliciting alms perform most astonishing feats of memory, and brought him to Paris.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747