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alms

noun as in handout

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Another piece might cause people to come up short is an elaborate green Burmese Buddhist alms bowl on a stand covered in gold.

“You can't give alms to the poor on one level and have your hands on their throat on another,” he said.

A beggar asking alms under the character of a poor scholar, a gentleman put the question, Quomodo vales?

But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.

To such a one he would say, 'Wilt thou cease to beg alms of Me in such a shameless manner?

The surplus was distributed in alms amongst the poor, a duty strenuously prescribed by their moral code.

In point of fact, prayers are spoken of as if they were equivalent to sacrifice, alms-giving, or any other supposed virtue.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alms, such as: aid, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, and dole.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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