| 单词 | almsgiver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmsgiver almsgiver n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver almoner1340 dispender1340 almsgiverc1400 almsman1440 almswoman1440 benefactora1513 charitarian1859 OE Wulfstan Christian Life (Hatton) 206 Se ðe wære gitsiende oðra manna þinga & æhta, weorðe of his agenan rihte begytenan ælmesgyfa georne.] c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 101 (MED) Goud hyt ys to be a almesȝeuere Of goudes þat ye may gete. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 223 A liberall almes-giver sends to persons, that never know who sends. 1875 R. Hill & F. Hill What we saw in Austral. xxiii. 387 The donors are as much to blame as are indiscriminate alms-givers in London. 2002 G. MacDonald Secrets Generous Life vi. 122 Were there actually almsgivers in Jesus' time who ensured that a fanfare of some kind was sounded when they made their offering? < as lemmas |
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