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Alms
"Alms" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Zen priests beg for alms near Shinjuku station.
One should give alms to the poor.
In my country, it's usual for pilgrims to beg for alms.
"Why are you begging for alms, Diogenes?" - "In order to teach generosity."
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Give us some alms, we beg of you! We are old, tired, and sick.
You begged for alms.
He often asked for alms.
I found a beggar asking for alms.
Maybe alms don't give people dignity, but they do give them life.
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She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.
Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.
c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.
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