alms

«alms» in Mova's school dictionary: money or food given to poor people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural alms; no common singular) (old use)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) Alms is money or food given to poor people. tree →

2) «To beg alms» means to ask for money or food as a poor person. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, gifts to the poor, often given by kings or by the church

examples

• Once two poor women came to the castle to beg alms. tree →
• The monks gave alms to the hungry. tree →
• «You do not beg for alms,» said the king. tree →
• They shared out food and alms to the poor. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alms» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.