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Definition of Almsgiver
1. Noun. A person who gives alms.
Definition of Almsgiver
1. n. A giver of alms.
Definition of Almsgiver
1. Noun. A giver of alms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Almsgiver
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almsgiver
Literary usage of Almsgiver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Art in America by Frederick Fairchild Sherman (1918)
"THE almsgiver, PAINTED IN THE STYLE OF VELASQUEZ'S FIRST PERIOD • BY REGINALD
POLAND AN old sea-captain, who made his course between the Mediterranean Sea ..."
2. The History of Egypt Under the Romans by Samuel Sharpe (1842)
"... found in this history are those brought about by John the almsgiver. The first
years of this reign are chiefly marked by the successes of the Persians. ..."
3. A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, and Beggars and Begging by Charles James Ribton-Turner (1887)
"... —Beggar Street Sellers (1851)—A Blind Impostor (1865)—J. HORNSBY WRIGHT,
Confessions of an Old almsgiver (1871)—AH ..."
4. The Principles of Church History by David D. Van Antwerp (1871)
"JOHN THE almsgiver. A POWERFUL enemy to the Church and cause of Christ appeared
in the early part of this century at Mecca, in the person of Mahomet, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1901)
"Two dead bishops make room for St. John the almsgiver (AD 619). St. John the
almsgiver, patriarch of Alexandria, was buried in a vault containing the bodies ..."
6. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"His history occurs as an episode in the life of S. John the almsgiver, ...
save those that were lost Whilst John the almsgiver was patriarch of Alexandria, ..."
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