Meaning & use
alms
Money, food, or other goods given to poor people as charity.
See it in a sentence
The monks distributed alms to the beggars gathered outside the temple gates.
In the past, wealthy families were expected to give alms to the poor of their parish.
A note on using this word
Alms is a somewhat archaic, mainly literary or historical term; charity or donations sound more natural in modern speech.
Words with a similar meaning
charitydonations
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