alms
noun
[ ɑːmz ]
• (in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people.
• "the riders stopped to distribute alms"
Similar:
gift(s),
donation(s),
charity,
handout(s),
bounty,
benefaction,
subsidy,
offering(s),
contribution(s),
endowment,
favour (s),
largesse,
baksheesh,
zakat,
donative,
Origin:
Old English ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian Latin eleemosyna, from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’, from eleēmōn ‘compassionate’, from eleos ‘mercy’.
