单词 | almoign |
释义 | almoignn. Now historical. 1. = frankalmoign n. Sometimes in the fuller form free almoign (formerly also, in Scots and northern English, in the plural form free almons). Cf. free alms n. at free adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.In quot. ?a1400: possession in frankalmoign. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by free gift of charity almsOE almoign?a1400 perpetual alms?c1430 free alms1445 frankalmoigna1513 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > almoign almoign?a1400 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 239 For freres of þe croice, & monk & chanoun, Haf drawen in ovoice his feez to þer almoyn. 1470 in J. Hodgson Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II (1832) II. 502/1 [He] gave and granted in free almons all the said close. c1550 J. Balfour Practicks 28 (Jam.) Gif the defender hald the land in name of fre almons. c1550 J. Balfour Practicks 241 (Jam.) Landis gevin to thame in name of fre almonis. 1641 Termes de la Ley 33 Allmone or Tenure in aumone, is tenure by divine service. 1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 165 Tenures were by Homage, by Parage, by Bourgage, by Almoign, [etc.]. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 11 Frank-Almoigne is the same which we in Latin call Libera Eleemosyna or Free Alms in English: whence that Tenure is commonly known by the name of a Tenure in Aumone or Frank-Almoigne. 1735 E. Cleaveland Geneal. Hist. Family of Courtenay i. iii. 134 They gave, in Free-Almoigne for ever, many Lands and Possessions, reserving nothing to themselves. 1833 J. H. Wiffen Hist. Mem. House of Russell I. iii. 98 To ascertain whether these lands..were her right and inheritance by descent, or whether she held them in almoigne, by the above-named tenure. 1900 Trans. Lancs. & Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. (1901) 18 109 Aldcliffe and Newton..were given in almoign to St. Martin of Sees in 1094. 1908 J. C. Cox Cathedral Church & See of Essex 9 [He] had obtained possession of 30 acres, which had been held in almoin by a priest in King Edward's time. 1909 T. Gray Buried City of Kenfig vi. 136 The Abbot of Margam gives to the King 100 marks and two good horses for the land of the Welshmen in the territory of Kenefeg in free almoign. 1988 R. Van Caenegem in Cambr. Hist. Medieval Polit. Thought (1991) ix. 206 All land—whether knight's fee, Church almoign or peasant holding—was held from someone higher up the tenurial ladder. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity almsOE almosec1330 charity1362 almousc1390 pittancea1425 common dole1463 goodc1475 almoignc1480 God's penny1550 sportula1606 basket-dole1618 trencher-fee1652 basket-alms1660 sedekah1839 poke-out1874 handout1882 gate-alms1896 c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence l. 240 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 409 Sic men socht quhare þai vare, & gaf þame almon, les & mare, as he saw þame nedyt til. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor l. 102 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 4 Þare deuocione in almon ded, & oracione. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1400 |
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