Eleemosyna
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Alms.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Possessions belonging to the church. Blount.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. Alms. Eleemosynaria: the place in a religious house where alms were deposited, and thenoe distributed to the poor. Eleemosynarius, eleinosinarius: an almoner, or distributer of alms.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from Gr. 'eX^i?fioa^yi^: Fr. almoigne,'] In old English law. Alms. Cowell, Inliberam elmnoiynam; in free alms; in frank almoign. Bract, fol. 27 b. See Frankalmoign,