Eleemosynaria
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The place in a religious house where the common alims were deposited, and thence by the almoner distributed to the poor. In old Fnglish law. The cwmerte, aumbry, or ambry; words still usel in eommon speech in the north of England, to denote 4 pantry or cupboard.
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The office of almoner.
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