Definitions
Money or goods given to people in need.
Word origin
Borrowed from German Alms, but it could also be a variant of Alm.
Used in a sentence
“She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.”
“Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.”
“c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Charitable gifts”4 letters
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