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ˈalms-fee
The payment also called Peter's pence, and Rome-scot, anciently made to the pope.
a1000in Thorpe Anc. Laws I. 432 Eac of maneᵹum landum mare land-riht arist to cyniᵹes ᵹebanne..ælmes-feoh & cyric-sceat. 1691Blount Law Dict., Almsfeoh, or Aelmesfeoh, that is, Peter-Pence, anciently paid in England on the first of August, and given by King Ina. 1848Kemble Saxons in Eng. ii. x. (L.), He strictly commands payment of tithe, cyricsceat and almsfee. |