单词 | almose |
释义 | † almosen. Obsolete. = alms n. (in various senses).Recorded earliest in almose deed (see Compounds). 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 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > a good deed goodeOE gooddeedOE goodnessOE good workOE almosec1330 benefit1377 goodshipa1393 alms-deed1425 alms?a1439 desert1563 c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 611 Sche bisouȝt god almiȝt Wiþ bedes & almos dede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 19052 Ilk dai men þedir him bare Forto bidd his almosun [a1400 Vesp. almus; a1400 Trin. Cambr. almes, c1460 Laud almys] þare. 1418 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 503 He is obliged to gyf..in verray almose ten pvnd of gude and vsuale mone. 1476 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1885) VIII. 344 (note) Yerli..fourty schillingis in pure almois of oure lordschip of Galwaye. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxxj/1 He..gafe for god largelye almoses to ye blynde. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 446/1 [They] be burned vp & fal as flatte to ashen as it were almoyse all obstinate heretiques dyd. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 44/2 It wer almoise to hange them. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Administr. Lordes Supper sig. N.iv We humbly beseche the most mercyfully to (accepte our almose) and to receiue these our praiers... [Side note] Yf there be none almose geuen vnto the poore, than shal ye wordes of acceptyng our almes be lefte out vnsayed. 1578 J. Florio Firste Fruites f. 73v To doo almose unto the poore. 1608 H. Ainsworth Covnterpoyson 137 The morall good works which heathens doe, in honouring their parents and magistrates, giving almose, [etc.]. Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ c1330Almos dede [see main sense]. c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) l. 2810 Wald noght..Twa stremes of water..serve þe town?.. Þai sayd all, ‘Ȝa..it were a grete almosse dede Who myght gar it be done.’ 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. i. f. iiiv He lyued well and was..humble & charytable, free & lyberall in almose dede. 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes ii. ii. 109 Almose giving, prayer, fasting. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 902 He founded a fayre large Almose house for an Almose Prieste or Schoolemayster, and thirteene poore almes folke. 1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 259 My brother doth clothe me like his almoseman, with cast and torne garments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1330 |
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