Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usually (now only) in the form of material gifts… As a mass noun, or with indeterminate…

= alms, n. (in various senses).

That which is given in charity; alms.

= alms, n. (in various senses).

Now historical and rare. A charitable gift, a gift of alms; (more generally) a benefaction.

the charitable distribution of money, food, etc., to the community at large; money, food, etc., so distributed.

Alms. Obsolete.

Scottish. Alms. Obsolete.

A penny or small sum given in charity. Now rare.

A gift of food or money; a dole, an alms; a stipend, a fee.

scraps of food given in alms.

In Malaysia: alms; a voluntary offering.

(a) an act of poking something out (rare); (b) (U.S. slang) a parcel of food given to a tramp, etc.; a lunch; (c) (U.S. slang) a cookout; an outdoor…

A quantity of financial or other material aid given to a person or people in need; (originally) (U.S.) food given to a tramp begging at a…

alms given by monks at the gate of a monastery.