(EN) alms-penny

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• Alms — Charity for the destitute and poor. Such giving was deemed one of the duties of a monastery and the wealthy. Alms were doled out on a monastery s patron saint s day, for example, or on the anniversary of its founder s death, and on Good Friday;… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• History of the English penny (c. 600-1066) — After Rome: prelude to the Anglo Saxon coinageAt the end of the fourth century, the Roman provinces of Britain were still part of a vibrant and quite efficient economic and monetary system that stretched over the whole Roman world. Precious metal …   Wikipedia

• Plow alms — Plow Plow, Plough Plough (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug , Lith. plugas.] 1. A well known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plow alms — noun Etymology: Middle English ploualmes, from plou, plow, plough plow, plowland + almes alms : a penny formerly paid annually to the church for every plowland …   Useful english dictionary

• God's penny — In old English law, earnest money; money given as evidence of the completion of a bargain. This name is probably derived from the fact that such money was given to the church or distributed in alms …   Black's law dictionary

• God's penny — In old English law, earnest money; money given as evidence of the completion of a bargain. This name is probably derived from the fact that such money was given to the church or distributed in alms …   Black's law dictionary

• ælmespening — m ( es/ as) alms penny …   Old to modern English dictionary

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