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alms-folk

alms-folk is the alternative form of almsfolk.

Meaning of almsfolk

Noun

almsfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
    • And on the northside of the churchyard there, he founded a faire large almeshouse for an almose priest or schoolemaister, and thirteene poore almes folke1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Questions about alms-folk

What is alms-folk the alternative form of?
Alms-folk is the alternative form of almsfolk.

Words near alms-folk in the dictionary

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

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