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almes

almes is the obsolete form of alms.

almes is the plural of alme.

Meaning of alms

Noun

alms (plural alms)

  1. Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
    • She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.

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Forms of almes

pluralalmes

Questions about almes

What is almes the obsolete form of?
Almes is the obsolete form of alms.

Words near almes in the dictionary

  1. Almerians
  2. almeries
  3. almeriite
  4. almery
  5. Almería
  6. almes
  7. almesse
  8. almesses
  9. Almetyevsk
  10. Almeyda
  11. Almeydas

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