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Definition of Almsgivers
1. almsgiver [n] - See also: almsgiver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almsgivers
Literary usage of Almsgivers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Method in Almsgiving: A Handbook for Helpers by Matthew Weston Moggridge (1882)
"It is strange to see how many almsgivers, even members of our own committees and
almoners of the Society for the Belief of Distress, fail to grasp this ..."
2. American Charities by Amos Griswold Warner (1908)
"Visitors should never be almsgivers; for in that case the poor look upon them as
persons from whom something is to be gotten, and, on the other hand, ..."
3. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"There are many ces where for years the same visitor has to the same family, and
genuine personal iments have been formed. Visitors should be almsgivers ..."
4. Illustrations of the law of kindness by George Washington Montgomery (1845)
"pointing out the most eligible medium of almsgiving :— " I desire to address
myself to the large body of ' thoughtless almsgivers,' to convince them that ..."
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