SKLONKLISH
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Almoner
almoner
\ˈal-mə-nər, ˈä-mə- nər \
noun
: one who distributes alms
Etymology: Middle English
almoiner
, from Anglo-French
aumoner
,
almener
, from
aumone
alms, from Late Latin
eleemosyna
And an
almonry
is a building in which alms are distributed.
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