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词汇 almonry
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Definition of almonry in English:

almonry

nounPlural almonries ˈɑːmənriˈalmənriˈäm-
  • A building or place where alms were formerly distributed.

    施赈所

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next, Sir Lancelot told the adventures of the Graal which he had seen, and this likewise was written and placed with the other in almonries at Salisbury.
    • He built six almonries and ruled in all goodness.
    • Imagine the annoyance of the Abbot of St Augustine at having his new almonry snatched out of his hands.
    • An unbroken list of masters of the almonry school exists dating from the fourteenth century until 1538 when the monastery was dissolved.
    • For the people the king erected almonries at the four gates of the capital, and hospitals, with slave boys and maidens to wait upon the sick.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French au(l)mosnerie, from medieval Latin eleemosynarius (see almoner).

Definition of almonry in US English:

almonry

nounˈäm-
  • A building or place where alms were formerly distributed.

    施赈所

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An unbroken list of masters of the almonry school exists dating from the fourteenth century until 1538 when the monastery was dissolved.
    • Imagine the annoyance of the Abbot of St Augustine at having his new almonry snatched out of his hands.
    • For the people the king erected almonries at the four gates of the capital, and hospitals, with slave boys and maidens to wait upon the sick.
    • Next, Sir Lancelot told the adventures of the Graal which he had seen, and this likewise was written and placed with the other in almonries at Salisbury.
    • He built six almonries and ruled in all goodness.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French au(l)mosnerie, from medieval Latin eleemosynarius (see almoner).

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