† eleemosynarn.
Scottish. Obsolete exc. Historical.
= almoner n.2
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a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) i. 22 Alcuin, commonly held to be Charles the Great his Master, was made his Eleemosynar.
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 36 The bischop of Morray wes maid lord elimoysinar.
1884 C. Rogers Social Life Scotl. I. ii. 53 Other officials were the carver, the cupbearer, the eleemosynar.
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