alms
noun /ɑːmz/
/ɑːmz/
[plural] (old-fashioned)- money, clothes and food that are given to poor peopleTopics Social issuesc2Word OriginOld English ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian Latin eleemosyna, from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’, from eleēmōn ‘compassionate’, from eleos ‘mercy’.