Look up: Almoner

1. almoner
   [n] - an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
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2. Almoner
   archaic or obsolete terms > Occupations:Gave out alms or charity to the poor on behalf of the parish.
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3. Almoner
   Al'mon·er noun [ Middle English aumener , aulmener , Old French almosnier , aumosnier , French aumônier , from Old French almosne , alms, Latin eleemosyna . See Alms .] One who distributes alm...
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4. almoner
   medical social worker noun an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
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5. Almoner
   • (n.) One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
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6. almoner
   originally, an officer responsible for distributing alms to the poor, usually connected with a religious house or other institution but also a ...
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7. Almoner
   An almoner is a hospital social worker.
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8. Almoner
   An almoner was a 14th century bag used for carrying money.
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9. Almoner
   The personal who distributes alms to the poor, usually employed by lords and ladies.
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10. Almoner
    a church official whose duty it was to distribute charity (alms) Thomas Wolsey had once been Henry VIII's almoner, that is, he oversaw the distribution of alms on his behalf.
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11. Almoner
    An `almoner` is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing cash to the deserving poor. Historically, almoners were Christian religious functionaries whose duty was to distribute alms to the poor. Monasteries were required to spend one tenth of their income in charity t...
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