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Alms-Men

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a name for male inmates of an almshouse, or house of charity. Some of the 16th-century almshouses were erected out of the spoils of the suppressed monastic institutions.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Alms-Men'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/alms-men.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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