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alms-fees

alms-fees is the plural of alms-fee.

Meaning of alms-fee

Noun

alms-fee (plural alms-fees)

  1. (historical) An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.
    Synonyms:
    Rome-scot, Rome-fee, Peter's pence

Questions about alms-fees

What is alms-fees the plural of?
Alms-fees is the plural of alms-fee.

Words near alms-fees in the dictionary

  1. almry
  2. alms
  3. alms-deed
  4. alms-deeds
  5. alms-fee
  6. alms-fees
  7. alms-folk
  8. alms-folks
  9. alms-house
  10. alms-houses
  11. almsdeed

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