[ɑːmz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people
(e.g: the riders stopped to distribute alms)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian Latin eleemosyna, from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’, from eleēmōn ‘compassionate’, from eleos ‘mercy’