| 单词 | free alms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree alms free alms n. now historical = frankalmoign n.With quot. a1325 cf. almous n. ΘΚΠ 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 > perpetual perpetual alms?c1430 free alms1445 frankalmoigna1513 almonagea1711 alms-gift1882 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 45 On þilke sulue manere ase is igraunted þe writ of vtrum ope ani tenement, alse be freo almusse to suuche a churche, oþer to ani oþer churche, in cas þerase freo almusse of o churche is aloined into possession of anoþer churche.] 1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §20. m. 23 Thomas..gafe..to the maistur and brethern..alle the londe..to hold, to thayme..yn free, pure, and perpetuell almes. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 29 Preamble To hold..of your Highnesse and of your heyres in free & perpetuall Almes. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 97 a Free almes, (which was free from any limitation of certaintie). 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 11 (note) 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. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 63 William the Conqueror changed the spiritual tenure of frankalmoign or free alms..into the feudal tenure by barony. 1946 A. L. Poole Obligations of Soc. in 12th & 13th Cent. i. 5 Before 1168 he had granted half one of these fees..to the Knights Templars in free alms. 2005 H. L. MacQueen in R. D. Oram Reign Alexander II 236 King Alexander received papal letters reproaching him for allowing suits about land held in free alms to come before secular tribunals. < as lemmas |
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