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Almoner

//ˈal.mə.nə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses.
  2. 2
    an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who dispenses alms on behalf of another person.

    "the almoner of a prince or bishop"

  4. 4
    A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and aftercare. British

Etymology

From Middle English aumener, aulmener, from Old French almosnier, from almosne (“alms”), from Latin eleemosyna. See alms, Almosen.

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