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alms [ɑːmz] N

alms

[单复同] 施舍物 shīshěwù

alms

救济金 jiùjìjīn

Usage examples with alms

dispense alms to the poor

向穷人施舍

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Its name was inspired from a time when many indigenous worshipers would give their alms in the form of cocoa beans. en.wikipedia.org

The priest was responsible for seeing that no beggars came to ask the worshipers for alms. en.wikipedia.org

However, this does not include eating meat which was given as alms or commercially purchased. en.wikipedia.org

But the artists are performing this art in the villages and requesting alms. en.wikipedia.org

The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders not receiving alms, which amounted to about 130 voters in 1831. en.wikipedia.org

It held that "zakat" (alms-giving) was not voluntary charity, but rather the poor had the right to assistance from the more fortunate. en.wikipedia.org

There he lived in extreme poverty, subsisting on alms, the excess of which he distributed among the poor. en.wikipedia.org

Yearly the students from classes 8 to 10 visit old age homes and provide alms to the poor. en.wikipedia.org

I had earned the money by reciting alms. en.wikipedia.org

His new duties were to distribute the papal alms and to confirm children in danger of death. en.wikipedia.org

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