| 单词 | common dole |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon dole common dole n. now historical the charitable distribution of money, food, etc., to the community at large; money, food, etc., so distributed. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity almsOE almosec1330 charity1362 almousc1390 pittancea1425 common dole1463 goodc1475 almoignc1480 God's penny1550 sportula1606 basket-dole1618 trencher-fee1652 basket-alms1660 sedekah1839 poke-out1874 handout1882 gate-alms1896 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 17 I will no comown dole haue, but..eche pore man and eche pore wouman beyng there haue j d. to prey for me. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. 66 Thou sole Sofronia dost not pertake This common dole, nor plaint doth playned make. 1767 P. Sanderson Descr. Bishoprick Durham 72 in Antiq. Abbey Durham This Bishop caused to be distributed to the Poor every Week, besides the common Dole of Fragments at his Gate, twenty-eight Quarters of Corn ready baked into Bread. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago xxvii. 306 People saw her condition, and now and again would give her something beyond the common dole. 2001 Jrnl. Medieval Hist. (Electronic ed.) 27 On the day of her funeral, thirteen poor people would be fed in the almonry and a hundred loaves added to the common dole. < as lemmas |
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