ask alms

A leper came to Brigit to ask alms.

To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

One who makes it his business to ask alms.

Then, going forth in front of the doors of the church, where many beggars were gathered to ask alms, he secretly borrowed the rags of one among the He begs alms at Rome neediest and donned them, laying aside his own clothing.

If any go to ask alms, it must be by appointment of the superiors.