| 单词 | almspriest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmspriest almspriest n. now historical and rare a priest having charge of an almshouse or similar institution.Used chiefly of the headmaster of the grammar school founded at Walthamstow, Essex, by Sir George Monoux (died 1544). ΚΠ 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 903 The sayd almes Priest should on Sondayes and festiuall dayes be helping & assistant to the Uicar or Curate. 1767 W. Tooke Weever's Antient Funeral Monuments (new ed.) 359 He founded..a fair almshouse in the churchyard, for an alms-priest, and thirteen poor almspeople. 1803 J. P. Malcolm Londinium Redivivum I. 221 At 9 o'clock the alms-priest said a mass at the hearse. 1891 C. Booth Labour & Life People London II. iii. iii. 436 The Monoux Grammar School was founded in 1527, and in it twenty children were taught by the alms-priest who had also charge of the almshouses. 1985 J. P. Anglin Third University i. 25 Monoux's school, housed on the upper floor of a specially constructed almshouse, was headed by an almspriest. < as lemmas |
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