Almsfolk

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Persons supported by alms; almsmen. archaic, plural, plural-only

    "And on the northside of the churchyard there, he founded a faire large almeshouse for an almose priest or schoolemaister, and thirteene poore almes folke"

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"And on the northside of the churchyard there, he founded a faire large almeshouse for an almose priest or schoolemaister, and thirteene poore almes folke"

Etymology

From alms + folk.

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