See also:

• ALMONER (from Lat. eleemosynarius, through med. Lat. almosynarius, almonarius, and Fr. almosnier, aumosniea, &c., mod. Fr. aumonier)

ALMONER (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. eleemosynarius, through med. Lat. almosynarius, almonarius, and Fr. almosnier, aumosniea, &c., mod. Fr. aumonier)  , in the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive sense, an officer in religious houses to whom belonged the management and See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of the See also:

• ALMS

alms of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . By the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient canons all monasteries were to spend at least a tenth See also:

• PART

part of their income in alms to the poor, and all bishops were . required to keep almoners . Almoners, as distinct from chaplains, appear See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as attached to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; but the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• ALMONER (from Lat. eleemosynarius, through med. Lat. almosynarius, almonarius, and Fr. almosnier, aumosniea, &c., mod. Fr. aumonier)

almoner of France first appears in the reign of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VIII . He was an important court See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official whose duties comprised the superintendence of the See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel Royal and all the religious ceremonies of the court . He was a director of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind (Quinze-Vingts), and nominated the regius professors and readers in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de France . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was revived by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I., was abolished in 183o, and again created by Napoleon III.; it existed till 1890 . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, the royal See also:

• ALMONRY (Lat. eleemosynarium, Fr. aumonerie, Ger. Almosenhaus)

almonry still forms a part of the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign's See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers being the hereditary grand almoner (the See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter), the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord high almoner, the sub-almoner, and the secretary to the lord high almoner . The office of hereditary grand almoner is now merely titular . The lord high almoner is an ecclesiastical officer, usually a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, who had the rights to the See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture of all deodands (q.v.) and the goods of a felo de se, for distribution among the poor . He had also, by virtue of an ancient See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of giving the first dish from the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's table to whatever poor See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person he pleased, or, instead of it, alms in See also:

• MONEY

money, which custom is kept up by the lord high almoner distributing as many See also:

• SILVER

silver pennies as the sovereign has years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to poor men and See also:

• WOMEN

women on Maundy See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday (q.v.) .