An official responsible for distributing alms on behalf of another individual, or of an institution (formerly esp. a religious house); (sometimes…
单词 | θ186314 |
释义 | society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > almoner > [noun] (4) almonera1400 An official responsible for distributing alms on behalf of another individual, or of an institution (formerly esp. a religious house); (sometimes… pittancerc1450 An officer in a religious house having the duty of distributing and accounting for pittances. dispensator1600 An almoner. Obsolete. eleemosynara1639 = almoner, n.2 |
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