| 单词 | alms fee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalms fee alms fee n. now chiefly historical money to be given as, or to be used for, alms, esp. as a tax or customary payment.In historical use frequently equated with Peter's penny n. 1 and plough-alms n.; in quot. lOE it is uncertain which of these payments the word denotes. ΚΠ lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) i. 444 Eac of manegum landum mare landriht arist to cyniges gebanne, swilce is..ælmesfeoh & cyricsceat. 1678 J. Godolphin Repertorium Canonicum xxxii. 356 This Alms-fee or Alms-money was that, which was called the Peterpence. 1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Church of Eng. I. sig. T3v We enjoin all Christian Men the paying of Tithes..as also their Church-Scot and Alms-fee. 1892 C. M. Andrews Old Eng. Manor ii. 129 Besides the kirkshot the thegn paid to the Church almsfee, a due which may have corresponded to the plough alms. 1960 Winnipeg Free Press 4 June 26/5 A priest may not demand more than the alms fee specifically set by his bishop. This token stipend is usually one dollar. < as lemmas |
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