almonern.²

Brit.

/ˈɑː(l)mənə/,

/ˈalmənə/,

/ˈɒlmənə/, U.S.

/ˈæ(l)mənər/,

/ˈɑ(l)mənər/

Forms:

α. Middle English alumner, Middle English ambner, Middle English ambynowre, Middle English amener, Middle English amoner, Middle English amonerer, Middle English amyner, Middle English anyner, Middle English aumener, Middle English aumenere, Middle English aumoner, Middle English aumsner, Middle English avmenere, Middle English awemenere, Middle English awmeneer, Middle English awmenere, Middle English awmnere, Middle English awmoner, Middle English halnere, Middle English oumener, Middle English–1500s awmener, 1500s almonar, 1500s amenar, 1500s ammoner, 1500s amnar, 1500s armoner, 1500s awmner, 1500s–1600s almener, 1500s–1600s almner, 1500s–1600s amner, 1500s amnerer, 1500s– almoner; N.E.D. (1884) also records forms Middle English aumeneer, Middle English aumonere.

β. Middle English aumere, Middle English avmbrere, Middle English awmbrere, 1500s aumer, 1500s–1600s almer, 1700s allmer; Scottish pre-1700 almowr.

γ. Middle English–1500s aumosner, Middle English–1600s almosner, 1500s almonyser (probably transmission error), 1500s almosyner, 1500s aulmosiner, 1500s awlmesner, 1500s awlmowsner, 1500s–1600s almoisner, 1500s–1600s almosiner, 1600s ausmoner.

δ. Middle English almoynere, Middle English aumoyner, 1500s almoigner, 1500s almoygner, 1500s almoygnor, 1500s almoyner, 1500s aulmongner; N.E.D. (1884) also records a form 1500s almoiner.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aumoner.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aumoner, aumener, aumenere, almoner, almonere, almener, almenere, aumosner, aumoigner, almoigner (13th cent.; compare Old French almoner (12th cent.), also Old French almosnier , Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aumosnier , Middle French aulmosnier ) < post-classical Latin eleemosynarius person who gives alms to the poor (6th cent.), official responsible for distributing alms (frequently from 11th cent. in British and continental sources), use as noun (short for homo eleemosynarius alms-giving person) of eleemosynarius (adjective) connected with alms, charitable (6th cent.) < eleemosyna alms n. + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare also Middle French ammonieur (14th cent.), omosneur (15th cent.), probably < post-classical Latin eleemosynator alms-giver (from c1100 in British and continental sources; earlier (9th cent.) in sense ‘executor’) < eleemosynat- , past participial stem of eleemosynare to grant in almoign (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), to give as alms (frequently from early 13th cent. in continental sources), to give alms (15th cent. in British sources) + -or -or suffix.Earlier currency may be implied by surnames (e.g. Roger le Aumener (1264), John le Aumoner (1280)), although these probably instead reflect the Anglo-Norman word. (It is highly unlikely that this word is shown by Thomas Almar (1278).) The main form types all reflect form types found already in Anglo-Norman, with the exception of the β. forms, which may simply show reduced forms, or may show remodelling after alms n. With the form almowr at β. forms compare -our suffix. The β. forms forms with -b- apparently show an excrescent consonant (compare similar forms of almonry n.). Compare almaser n. Compare also Older Scots elemosinar, alemosener (see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at elemosinar, alemosener). N.E.D. (1884) enters this under the double headword almoner, almner, and gives these forms the respective pronunciations (æ·lmŏnəɹ, ā·mnəɹ) /ˈælmənə(r)/, /ˈɑːmnə(r)/.

1. A person who gives alms to the poor, esp. generously; an almsgiver; a benefactor. Now rare except as an extended use of sense 2a.Earliest found as an epithet of St John the Merciful, 7th-century patriarch of Alexandria. [Compare Anglo-Norman seint Johan le Aumoner (13th cent.), post-classical Latin Iohannes eleemosynarius (15th cent. or earlier).]

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver

almoner1340

dispender1340

almsgiverc1400

almsman1440

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benefactora1513

charitarian1859

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190 Ine þe lyue of Ion þe amoner.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 5573 Seynt Ioun þe aumenere.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cxxiiij^v/1 He [sc. saynt Johan] was called almosner, or amener.

1564 T. Dorman Proufe Certeyne Articles in Relig. f. 94^v That vertuouse Patriarke of Alexandria, Iohn the almoisner or almoise geuer.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. x. 167 Who for his liberal releeuing of the needie was surnamed the Almner.

1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes ii. 47 Who hath aboundance, and it vseth well, Is but a steward to his family,..An Amner to the poore (that helplesse ly).

1607 S. Hieron Life & Death Dorcas in Wks. (1620) I. 389 [Dorcas] was a discreet, iust, compassionate, cheerefull, simple-hearted almoner.

1647 J. Duncon Let. 15 Apr. in Returnes Spiritual Comfort & Grief (1648) 154 She was not only a liberal Almoner to the poor, but also an earnest Solicitor for them.

1703 Athenian Oracle I. 227/2 From a profane Libertine, from one affectedly pious, from a profuse Almoner, from an uncharitable Wretch..Deliver me!

?1763 tr. C. I. Castel de Saint-Pierre Polit. Ann. II. 253 This poor man's death..deprived the poor of his parish of a generous almoner.

1853 Christian Parlor Mag. 80/1 Were I only rich, what an almoner to the needy I would be.

1895 Fores's Sporting Notes 12 216 Not that almsgiving has ceased to be a virtue in the national cult, or that almoners have failed to find worthy objects of their largesse and bounty.

1906 M. Dix Hist. Parish Trinity Church N.Y. IV. xiv. 309 He was able..to be the consoler, the confidential friend, and generous almoner of men who had almost lost hope and courage.

1976 B. Heeney Different Kind of Gentleman i. 6 No longer was it considered acceptable for a clergyman to be simply a classicist and a gentleman, friend of the squire, almoner to the poor, and patron of local tradesmen.

a. An official responsible for distributing alms on behalf of another individual, or of an institution (formerly esp. a religious house); (sometimes more generally) an official responsible for organizing the charitable work of an individual or institution. Also in extended use: a person appointed to distribute the donations, bequests, etc., of another. Now chiefly historical in the original sense.In the British royal household the title of Lord High Almoner is held by a bishop of the Church of England, who is assisted by the Sub-Almoner (sub-almoner n.). The honorary title of Hereditary Grand Almoner has been borne by the Marquesses of Exeter since 1685. The position of almoner still survives in various branches of Freemasonry, and also in some of the London livery companies.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > others

almonera1400

purser-general1633

eleemosynary1656

Town's Husbanda1749

camerlengo1753

purser1814

society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > almoner > [noun]

almonera1400

pittancerc1450

dispensator1600

eleemosynara1639

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver > official

almonera1400

almaser1489

collector1564

α.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 15219 Iudas..was iesus cristes aumoner [Trin. Cambr. Aumenere].

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 137 Whan the Couent of this Abbeye hath eten the Awmener let bere the releef to the gardyn.

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 737 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 324 The aumenere a rod schalle haue in honde, As office for almes, y vndurstonde.

1494 Love's Speculum Vite Cristi (de Worde) viii. sig. diiii Her amonerers or her tresourers myȝt liȝtly haue had it in hande.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxi The lord of Awdeley Amner, in stede of the erle of Cambrydge.

1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara Dispraise Life Courtier x. sig. g.vii^v The kyng hath busynes, the counseler is defe, the Almoner hath no hande.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. Limosnero, an almener.

1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning 182 Let none be so fond, as to refuse the almes of the King, because he giues it by an Amner.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 433 These..deferre giving, till they cannot give, making their Executors their Almoners.

1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 31 Gentleman Amner: Fee, 11l. 8s. 1d. ob.; Subamner: Fee, 6l. 16s. 10d. ob.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 176 There came to London from Cardinal Richelieu..his Chaplain and Almner.

1669 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia 241 The Lord High Almoner..disposeth of the Kings Almes.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxviii. 194 He is now-and-then my almoner.

1784 W. Cowper Let. 22 Feb. (1981) II. 217 The same Incognito to all except ourselves made us his almoners this year likewise.

1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xvi. 246 The almoner of God to the poor and sad.

1870 Daily News 10 Nov. The almoners of the Berliner Hülfsverein.

1881 Home Words 11 258/2 The benevolence of England and America, of which the Christian Missionaries have been the chief almoners.

1908 Econ. Rev. Oct. 422 The Society for the Relief of Distress..is most careful in choosing its almoners.

1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) vii. 63 The almoners of the great abbeys and priories distributed bread and ale daily to destitute folk who cared to apply to them.

1981 A. Cohen Politics Elite Culture vi. 108 Every [Masonic] lodge has an almoner who attends to cases of need.

2006 C. Breeding Camelot's Destiny i. 13 Arthur set aside his red slipware plate for the almoner, who would give the leftovers to the poor.

β. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 18 Awmbrere or awemenere, elemosinator, rogatorius.1583 Answeare Def. Censure Charkes Bk. f. 89^v Mountoset a Lutheran, Almer to the Queene of Nauarre.1601 N. Breton Longing Blessed Heart sig. C4 If God his grace, haue once his spirit brought, To feele what good the faithfull almers doe.1634 J. Bidle tr. Juvenal in tr. Virgil Bucolicks sig. D [He] for his absent Wife a Part Demandeth will, a well knowne tricke of Art, For his Wife showing a close empty Couch; Then to the Almer doth the same avouch.?a1645 J. Spottiswood Breefe Memoriall (1811) 3 To staie with the Qweene and Attend her Ma^tie as her Almowr.1710 L. Welsted Poem to Memory Mr. Philips 11 When kind Allmers had his Wants supply'd, Great Jove reward you, Sirs, [he] in Metre cry'd.γ. 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. f.iiii A gallant naminge hym selfe an aulmosiner.1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes Pref. sig. A.vii^v All Almoisners and houses of Almoise.1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2039/2 The Almosiner, a Phisicion, and Surgion, to attende vpon them.1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 270 Till hee was made both Almosiner and Purueyor.1617 King James VI & I Patent in R. Lascelles Liber Munerum Hiberniae (1824) (modernized text) I. ii. 81 To erect and establish an office of Almosner in this our realm of Ireland.1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. sig. *1^v Stages erected for the Almosners.δ. a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 103 (MED) Þe almoynere schal turne here towarde þe ymage.1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. (1557) 164/2 Doctor Mayo, sometyme almoygner to king Henry the seuenth.1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters xxvi. f. xxxix I shall ansere you as I haue harde say that doctor Mayo sumtyme almoigner to kyng henry y^e seuynth answered onys the kynge.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 179^v The Macedonians shall esteme y^e to bee, not their kyng, but their almoyner, or pursebearer?1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 32 The Bishop of Rochester, chiefe Almoygnor.1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 353 This Bishop of Winchester [was] made the Kings chiefe Almoigner in Iune 1637.

b. figurative. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1637 T. Drant Royall Guest 14 A wreath of glory waites on our Almes-deeds, as they are dispenc'd by charity, the Almoner of faith.

a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 73 Exercise..bestows the well-earn'd wealth—The generous Almoner of Health.

1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Lysander & Ione 1 Iris..Is the Spring's almoner..and scatters Upon the subject world, dyed flowers and sweets.

1873 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. ii. §20. 62 The sun is the almoner of the Almighty.

1893 B. Carman Low Tide on Grand Pré 23 The lonely shadow-girdled winds, Her [sc. Spring's] seraph almoners.

1913 W. W. Hicks Banner with New Device vii. 98 The hand is the almoner of the bountiful vitalities from the ‘Central organ, the seat of intelligence’.

3. Originally British. A social worker attached to a hospital, attending to the aftercare of patients and originally also to patients' payments.The Institute of Almoners, a professional organization for hospital social workers in the United Kingdom, was formed in 1945. In 1964 it changed its name to the Institute of Medical Social Workers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > patients' welfare officer

almoner1896

buddy1984

1894 F. Craven in J. S. Billings & H. M. Hurd Hospitals, Dispensaries & Nursing 548 Where the visiting nurse had to give relief as well as to nurse, it ended by her being an almoner and doing no real nursing service for the patients she visited.]

1896 M. Stewart in Mag. London School Med. for Women May 146 The appointment of an almoner is an experimental measure which has been adopted conjointly by the [Royal Free] Hospital and the Charity Organisation Society.

1908 Outlook (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 606/2 Social service in the hospital—a sort of hospital extension work which is now..far outstripping its prototype, the ‘hospital almoner’ in England.

1958 K. S. Inglis Hospital & Community iii. 85 In Australia, no hospital had an almoner before 1929.

1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. 4 I was attending the Meath Hospital and the almoner suggested to me that I would have to go to convalescence.

2009 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 8 Five days later, the hospital almoner (if that is what they are still called) visited the patient.

Derivatives

ˈalmonership n. the office or position of almoner; the state or fact of being an almoner.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver > official > office of

almonership1599

1599 in R. Gair Children of Paul's (1982) iv. 116 Edward Pearce..to be Almener and Maister of the Choristers..when and as soone as the sayd Almenershipp..shall become voyde.

1665 D. Lloyd States-men & Favourites Eng. 262 He asked his Majesties pardon, and had his favour too for the Deanery of Lincoln, and the Almonership.

1847 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 2/1 To this almonership no salary was attached.

1930 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 615 This is..the first report issued under the almonership of Miss C. Morris, who has recently succeeded Miss Cummins.

1998 Hist. Jrnl. 41 422 Yielding the almonership after appointment to the Chapel deanery, Andrewes's influence at court was felt less as a preacher than as..an ecclesiastical politician.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	almoner
释义	almonern.¹ Brit. /ˈɑː(l)mənə/, /ˈalmənə/, /ˈɒlmənə/, U.S. /ˈæ(l)mənər/, /ˈɑ(l)mənər/ Forms: Middle English alner, Middle English alner, Middle English aumener, Middle English awmener, Middle English awmenere, Middle English awmer, Middle English awmere, 1800s– almoner; also Scottish pre-1700 aumener. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French almonere. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aumenere, aumonere, almonere (12th cent.; compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aumosniere , aumonière , also Middle French aumonnier ) < post-classical Latin eleemosynaria (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), use as noun (short for bursa eleemosynaria alms purse, arca eleemosynaria alms chest) of feminine of eleemosynarius , adjective (see almoner n.²). Compare post-classical Latin almonaria , almoneria , almonera , aumonera (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources). Compare aumoniere n. Now chiefly in historical contexts. A purse or small pouch. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] pungeOE by-girdlec1000 purselOE almonerc1330 pouch1355 almonryc1450 penny purse1523 cherry-bag1539 money bag1562 bung1567 jan1610 penny pouch1650 coda1680 zone1692 spung1728 money purse1759 spleuchan1787 skin1795 sporran1817 fisc1820 moneybelt1833 poke1859 purse-belt1901 c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) l. 126 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 292 I tok hit out and haue hit er, Redi in min aumener. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2271 Streit gloues with awmere Of silk. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2087 Thanne of his Awmener he drough A litell keye. c1450 (?a1400) T. Chestre Sir Launfal (1930) l. 319 I wyll þe ȝeue an alner Imad of sylk. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 490 Quhen he ded wes..Thai fand in-till his awmener [1489 Adv. coffeir] A letter. 1843 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 299/2 He carried away in his almoner the young girl's jewels. 1909 D. de Leon tr. E. Sue Iron Pincers i. ii. 28 I have here in my almoner ten handsome silver deniers. 1979 K. E. Wagner Conan: Road of Kings xx. 204 Mordermi was stuffing jewels from a large chest into an almoner, clearly disturbed that he must leave some choice gems behind. 2002 A. Johnson Handbags ii. 72 The medieval lady had no pockets, so her almoner (a coin purse for alms) was on permanent display. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). almonern.² Brit. /ˈɑː(l)mənə/, /ˈalmənə/, /ˈɒlmənə/, U.S. /ˈæ(l)mənər/, /ˈɑ(l)mənər/ Forms: α. Middle English alumner, Middle English ambner, Middle English ambynowre, Middle English amener, Middle English amoner, Middle English amonerer, Middle English amyner, Middle English anyner, Middle English aumener, Middle English aumenere, Middle English aumoner, Middle English aumsner, Middle English avmenere, Middle English awemenere, Middle English awmeneer, Middle English awmenere, Middle English awmnere, Middle English awmoner, Middle English halnere, Middle English oumener, Middle English–1500s awmener, 1500s almonar, 1500s amenar, 1500s ammoner, 1500s amnar, 1500s armoner, 1500s awmner, 1500s–1600s almener, 1500s–1600s almner, 1500s–1600s amner, 1500s amnerer, 1500s– almoner; N.E.D. (1884) also records forms Middle English aumeneer, Middle English aumonere. β. Middle English aumere, Middle English avmbrere, Middle English awmbrere, 1500s aumer, 1500s–1600s almer, 1700s allmer; Scottish pre-1700 almowr. γ. Middle English–1500s aumosner, Middle English–1600s almosner, 1500s almonyser (probably transmission error), 1500s almosyner, 1500s aulmosiner, 1500s awlmesner, 1500s awlmowsner, 1500s–1600s almoisner, 1500s–1600s almosiner, 1600s ausmoner. δ. Middle English almoynere, Middle English aumoyner, 1500s almoigner, 1500s almoygner, 1500s almoygnor, 1500s almoyner, 1500s aulmongner; N.E.D. (1884) also records a form 1500s almoiner. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aumoner. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aumoner, aumener, aumenere, almoner, almonere, almener, almenere, aumosner, aumoigner, almoigner (13th cent.; compare Old French almoner (12th cent.), also Old French almosnier , Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aumosnier , Middle French aulmosnier ) < post-classical Latin eleemosynarius person who gives alms to the poor (6th cent.), official responsible for distributing alms (frequently from 11th cent. in British and continental sources), use as noun (short for homo eleemosynarius alms-giving person) of eleemosynarius (adjective) connected with alms, charitable (6th cent.) < eleemosyna alms n. + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare also Middle French ammonieur (14th cent.), omosneur (15th cent.), probably < post-classical Latin eleemosynator alms-giver (from c1100 in British and continental sources; earlier (9th cent.) in sense ‘executor’) < eleemosynat- , past participial stem of eleemosynare to grant in almoign (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), to give as alms (frequently from early 13th cent. in continental sources), to give alms (15th cent. in British sources) + -or -or suffix.Earlier currency may be implied by surnames (e.g. Roger le Aumener (1264), John le Aumoner (1280)), although these probably instead reflect the Anglo-Norman word. (It is highly unlikely that this word is shown by Thomas Almar (1278).) The main form types all reflect form types found already in Anglo-Norman, with the exception of the β. forms, which may simply show reduced forms, or may show remodelling after alms n. With the form almowr at β. forms compare -our suffix. The β. forms forms with -b- apparently show an excrescent consonant (compare similar forms of almonry n.). Compare almaser n. Compare also Older Scots elemosinar, alemosener (see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at elemosinar, alemosener). N.E.D. (1884) enters this under the double headword almoner, almner, and gives these forms the respective pronunciations (æ·lmŏnəɹ, ā·mnəɹ) /ˈælmənə(r)/, /ˈɑːmnə(r)/. 1. A person who gives alms to the poor, esp. generously; an almsgiver; a benefactor. Now rare except as an extended use of sense 2a.Earliest found as an epithet of St John the Merciful, 7th-century patriarch of Alexandria. [Compare Anglo-Norman seint Johan le Aumoner (13th cent.), post-classical Latin Iohannes eleemosynarius (15th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver almoner1340 dispender1340 almsgiverc1400 almsman1440 almswoman1440 benefactora1513 charitarian1859 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190 Ine þe lyue of Ion þe amoner. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 5573 Seynt Ioun þe aumenere. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cxxiiij^v/1 He [sc. saynt Johan] was called almosner, or amener. 1564 T. Dorman Proufe Certeyne Articles in Relig. f. 94^v That vertuouse Patriarke of Alexandria, Iohn the almoisner or almoise geuer. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. x. 167 Who for his liberal releeuing of the needie was surnamed the Almner. 1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes ii. 47 Who hath aboundance, and it vseth well, Is but a steward to his family,..An Amner to the poore (that helplesse ly). 1607 S. Hieron Life & Death Dorcas in Wks. (1620) I. 389 [Dorcas] was a discreet, iust, compassionate, cheerefull, simple-hearted almoner. 1647 J. Duncon Let. 15 Apr. in Returnes Spiritual Comfort & Grief (1648) 154 She was not only a liberal Almoner to the poor, but also an earnest Solicitor for them. 1703 Athenian Oracle I. 227/2 From a profane Libertine, from one affectedly pious, from a profuse Almoner, from an uncharitable Wretch..Deliver me! ?1763 tr. C. I. Castel de Saint-Pierre Polit. Ann. II. 253 This poor man's death..deprived the poor of his parish of a generous almoner. 1853 Christian Parlor Mag. 80/1 Were I only rich, what an almoner to the needy I would be. 1895 Fores's Sporting Notes 12 216 Not that almsgiving has ceased to be a virtue in the national cult, or that almoners have failed to find worthy objects of their largesse and bounty. 1906 M. Dix Hist. Parish Trinity Church N.Y. IV. xiv. 309 He was able..to be the consoler, the confidential friend, and generous almoner of men who had almost lost hope and courage. 1976 B. Heeney Different Kind of Gentleman i. 6 No longer was it considered acceptable for a clergyman to be simply a classicist and a gentleman, friend of the squire, almoner to the poor, and patron of local tradesmen. 2. a. An official responsible for distributing alms on behalf of another individual, or of an institution (formerly esp. a religious house); (sometimes more generally) an official responsible for organizing the charitable work of an individual or institution. Also in extended use: a person appointed to distribute the donations, bequests, etc., of another. Now chiefly historical in the original sense.In the British royal household the title of Lord High Almoner is held by a bishop of the Church of England, who is assisted by the Sub-Almoner (sub-almoner n.). The honorary title of Hereditary Grand Almoner has been borne by the Marquesses of Exeter since 1685. The position of almoner still survives in various branches of Freemasonry, and also in some of the London livery companies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > others almonera1400 purser-general1633 eleemosynary1656 Town's Husbanda1749 camerlengo1753 purser1814 society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > almoner > [noun] almonera1400 pittancerc1450 dispensator1600 eleemosynara1639 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver > official almonera1400 almaser1489 collector1564 α. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 15219 Iudas..was iesus cristes aumoner [Trin. Cambr. Aumenere]. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 137 Whan the Couent of this Abbeye hath eten the Awmener let bere the releef to the gardyn. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 737 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 324 The aumenere a rod schalle haue in honde, As office for almes, y vndurstonde. 1494 Love's Speculum Vite Cristi (de Worde) viii. sig. diiii Her amonerers or her tresourers myȝt liȝtly haue had it in hande. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxi The lord of Awdeley Amner, in stede of the erle of Cambrydge. 1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara Dispraise Life Courtier x. sig. g.vii^v The kyng hath busynes, the counseler is defe, the Almoner hath no hande. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. Limosnero, an almener. 1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning 182 Let none be so fond, as to refuse the almes of the King, because he giues it by an Amner. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 433 These..deferre giving, till they cannot give, making their Executors their Almoners. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 31 Gentleman Amner: Fee, 11l. 8s. 1d. ob.; Subamner: Fee, 6l. 16s. 10d. ob. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 176 There came to London from Cardinal Richelieu..his Chaplain and Almner. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia 241 The Lord High Almoner..disposeth of the Kings Almes. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxviii. 194 He is now-and-then my almoner. 1784 W. Cowper Let. 22 Feb. (1981) II. 217 The same Incognito to all except ourselves made us his almoners this year likewise. 1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xvi. 246 The almoner of God to the poor and sad. 1870 Daily News 10 Nov. The almoners of the Berliner Hülfsverein. 1881 Home Words 11 258/2 The benevolence of England and America, of which the Christian Missionaries have been the chief almoners. 1908 Econ. Rev. Oct. 422 The Society for the Relief of Distress..is most careful in choosing its almoners. 1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) vii. 63 The almoners of the great abbeys and priories distributed bread and ale daily to destitute folk who cared to apply to them. 1981 A. Cohen Politics Elite Culture vi. 108 Every [Masonic] lodge has an almoner who attends to cases of need. 2006 C. Breeding Camelot's Destiny i. 13 Arthur set aside his red slipware plate for the almoner, who would give the leftovers to the poor. β. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 18 Awmbrere or awemenere, elemosinator, rogatorius.1583 Answeare Def. Censure Charkes Bk. f. 89^v Mountoset a Lutheran, Almer to the Queene of Nauarre.1601 N. Breton Longing Blessed Heart sig. C4 If God his grace, haue once his spirit brought, To feele what good the faithfull almers doe.1634 J. Bidle tr. Juvenal in tr. Virgil Bucolicks sig. D [He] for his absent Wife a Part Demandeth will, a well knowne tricke of Art, For his Wife showing a close empty Couch; Then to the Almer doth the same avouch.?a1645 J. Spottiswood Breefe Memoriall (1811) 3 To staie with the Qweene and Attend her Ma^tie as her Almowr.1710 L. Welsted Poem to Memory Mr. Philips 11 When kind Allmers had his Wants supply'd, Great Jove reward you, Sirs, [he] in Metre cry'd.γ. 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. f.iiii A gallant naminge hym selfe an aulmosiner.1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes Pref. sig. A.vii^v All Almoisners and houses of Almoise.1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2039/2 The Almosiner, a Phisicion, and Surgion, to attende vpon them.1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 270 Till hee was made both Almosiner and Purueyor.1617 King James VI & I Patent in R. Lascelles Liber Munerum Hiberniae (1824) (modernized text) I. ii. 81 To erect and establish an office of Almosner in this our realm of Ireland.1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. sig. 1^v Stages erected for the Almosners.δ. a1500 Rule Minoresses* in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 103 (MED) Þe almoynere schal turne here towarde þe ymage.1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. (1557) 164/2 Doctor Mayo, sometyme almoygner to king Henry the seuenth.1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters xxvi. f. xxxix I shall ansere you as I haue harde say that doctor Mayo sumtyme almoigner to kyng henry y^e seuynth answered onys the kynge.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 179^v The Macedonians shall esteme y^e to bee, not their kyng, but their almoyner, or pursebearer?1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 32 The Bishop of Rochester, chiefe Almoygnor.1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 353 This Bishop of Winchester [was] made the Kings chiefe Almoigner in Iune 1637. b. figurative. Now rare. ΚΠ 1637 T. Drant Royall Guest 14 A wreath of glory waites on our Almes-deeds, as they are dispenc'd by charity, the Almoner of faith. a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 73 Exercise..bestows the well-earn'd wealth—The generous Almoner of Health. 1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Lysander & Ione 1 Iris..Is the Spring's almoner..and scatters Upon the subject world, dyed flowers and sweets. 1873 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. ii. §20. 62 The sun is the almoner of the Almighty. 1893 B. Carman Low Tide on Grand Pré 23 The lonely shadow-girdled winds, Her [sc. Spring's] seraph almoners. 1913 W. W. Hicks Banner with New Device vii. 98 The hand is the almoner of the bountiful vitalities from the ‘Central organ, the seat of intelligence’. 3. Originally British. A social worker attached to a hospital, attending to the aftercare of patients and originally also to patients' payments.The Institute of Almoners, a professional organization for hospital social workers in the United Kingdom, was formed in 1945. In 1964 it changed its name to the Institute of Medical Social Workers. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > patients' welfare officer almoner1896 buddy1984 1894 F. Craven in J. S. Billings & H. M. Hurd Hospitals, Dispensaries & Nursing 548 Where the visiting nurse had to give relief as well as to nurse, it ended by her being an almoner and doing no real nursing service for the patients she visited.] 1896 M. Stewart in Mag. London School Med. for Women May 146 The appointment of an almoner is an experimental measure which has been adopted conjointly by the [Royal Free] Hospital and the Charity Organisation Society. 1908 Outlook (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 606/2 Social service in the hospital—a sort of hospital extension work which is now..far outstripping its prototype, the ‘hospital almoner’ in England. 1958 K. S. Inglis Hospital & Community iii. 85 In Australia, no hospital had an almoner before 1929. 1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. 4 I was attending the Meath Hospital and the almoner suggested to me that I would have to go to convalescence. 2009 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 8 Five days later, the hospital almoner (if that is what they are still called) visited the patient. Derivatives ˈalmonership n. the office or position of almoner; the state or fact of being an almoner. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver > official > office of almonership1599 1599 in R. Gair Children of Paul's (1982) iv. 116 Edward Pearce..to be Almener and Maister of the Choristers..when and as soone as the sayd Almenershipp..shall become voyde. 1665 D. Lloyd States-men & Favourites Eng. 262 He asked his Majesties pardon, and had his favour too for the Deanery of Lincoln, and the Almonership. 1847 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 2/1 To this almonership no salary was attached. 1930 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 615 This is..the first report issued under the almonership of Miss C. Morris, who has recently succeeded Miss Cummins. 1998 Hist. Jrnl. 41 422 Yielding the almonership after appointment to the Chapel deanery, Andrewes's influence at court was felt less as a preacher than as..an ecclesiastical politician. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1330n.²1340
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