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Eleemosynaria

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The place In a religious house where the common alms were deposited, and thence by the almoner distributed to the poor. In Old English. The aumerie, aumbry, or ambry; words still used in common speech in the north of England to denote a pantry or cupboard.

Cowell.

The office of almoner.

Cowell.

ELEEMOSYNARIUS (Lat.) An almoner. There was formerly a lord almoner to the kings of England, whose duties are described in Fleta, lib.

2, c. 23.

A chief ofl Scer who received the eleemosynary rents and gifts, and in due method distributed them to pious and charitable uses.

Cowell.