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almsfee

almsfee is the alternative form 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

Forms of almsfee

pluralalmsfees

Questions about almsfee

What is almsfee the alternative form of?
Almsfee is the alternative form of alms-fee.

Words near almsfee in the dictionary

  1. alms-house
  2. alms-houses
  3. almsdeed
  4. almsdeeds
  5. Almses
  6. almsfee
  7. almsfolk
  8. almsfolks
  9. almsful
  10. almsgiver
  11. almsgivers

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