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ˈalms-folk
1. Persons supported by alms; almsmen and almswomen.
1587Holinshed Chron. III. 830/1 Thirteene poore almes folke. a1704T. Brown Lett. Wks. 1730 I. 184 Railing..like almsfolks at the churchwardens. 1811Coleridge Notes Theol. & Pol. 366, I alone am lord of fire and light; other creatures are but their alms-folk.
†2. Almsgivers. (Cf. almsman 2.) Obs.
1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. 233 (T.), This knight and his lady had the character of very good alms-folks. |