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# alms

noun (plural alms; no common singular) (old use)

«alms» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use) Alms is money or food given to poor people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/#m1)
2. «To beg alms» means to ask for money or food as a poor person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, gifts to the poor, often given by kings or by the church

### Examples

- Once two poor women came to the castle to beg alms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/#x1)
- The monks gave alms to the hungry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/#x2)
- «You do not beg for alms,» said the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/#x3)
- They shared out food and alms to the poor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alms» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alms» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alms.html) on Mova free.