| 单词 | alms dish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalms dish alms dish n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar's dish alms disha1378 clap-dish1587 clack-dish1608 society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > containers for money contributions > [noun] > for poor alms disha1378 poor man's box1549 alms-basketc1560 poor chest1612 poor boxa1637 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity > receptacle for alms disha1378 basket1535 alms-basketc1560 poor box1737 poor basket1814 a1378 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 45 (MED) Almysdyssh. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 788 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 325 In þe lordys cupp þat leuys vndrynken, Into þe almesdisshe hit schalle be sonken. 1525 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 271 A ship of silver for the almes disshe. 1664 F. Philipps Mistaken Recompence 22 Two pence a piece was given to poor people every day at the Gate, besides the Kings Alms-dish every meal from of his Table. 1895 Athenæum 6 July 35/2 Several of the basins or almsdishes are very fine pieces of plate, and not improbably served originally as rose-water basins. 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. xv. 221 The crowd..surged forward as Llewelyn and Joanna dipped into the alms dish, scattered coins in their midst. < as lemmas |
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