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单词 almoign
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almoignn.

Brit. /alˈmɔɪn/, U.S. /ælˈmɔɪn/
Forms: Middle English almon, Middle English–1500s almoyn, 1500s almone, 1500s 1900s– almoin, 1500s–1600s almoyne, 1500s–1800s almoigne, 1600s allmone, 1600s almoine, 1600s– almoign, 1700s aumone; also Scottish pre-1700 almon.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French almon, almoisne.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman almon, almoine, almoigne, variants of almoisne, almosne alms (10th cent. in Old French), tenure by divine service, frankalmoign (13th cent.): see alms n.In form almons in free almons at sense 1 probably resulting from association with alms n.
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.
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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.
2. Scottish. Alms. Obsolete.
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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).
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