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alimonies

alimonies is the plural of alimony.

Meaning of alimony

Noun

alimony (countable and uncountable, plural alimonies)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
    • In that case he has to pay her alimony even if there are no children, and if she is one of those smart ones, interested in nothing but a good living and independence, she is set for life.1938 November 11, Westbrook Pegler, “Fair Enough”, in The Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Florida, retrieved 20 Dec 2008, page A1
    Synonyms:
    maintenance
  2. (obsolete) Nourishment, sustenance, especially for one's spirit.
    • […]while we eate the bread of sorrow, drinking the wine of compunction, wee hunger and thirst after heauenly things, and shall be comforted. This is the constant alimonie of the righteous, at dinner and supper, in life and death[…]1626, Sampson Price, Londons remembrancer: for the staying of the contagious sicknes of the plague by Dauids memoriall, pages 27–28

Questions about alimonies

What is alimonies the plural of?
Alimonies is the plural of alimony.

Words near alimonies in the dictionary

  1. alimentiveness
  2. alimentous
  3. aliments
  4. Alimoan
  5. Alimodian
  6. alimonies
  7. alimonious
  8. alimony
  9. alimony drone
  10. alimony drones
  11. Alimos

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