almonry
/ˈɑːmənri
/ /ˈalmənri/noun (plural almonries)
A building or place where alms were formerly distributed.Imagine the annoyance of the Abbot of St Augustine at having his new almonry snatched out of his hands....
- Next, Sir Lancelot told the adventures of the Graal which he had seen, and this likewise was written and placed with the other in almonries at Salisbury.
- An unbroken list of masters of the almonry school exists dating from the fourteenth century until 1538 when the monastery was dissolved.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French au(l)mosnerie, from medieval Latin eleemosynarius (see almoner).
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