ALMONRY (Lat. eleemosynarium, Fr. aum...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V01,
Page 717
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
ALMONRY (Lat. eleemosynarium, Fr. aumonerie, Ger. Almosenhaus)
, the name for the place or chamber where alms were distributed to the poor in churches or other ecclesiastical buildings
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At Bishopstone See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, Wiltshire, it is a sort of covered porch attached to the south transept, but not communicating with the interior of the church
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At Worcester Cathedral the alms are said to have been distributed on See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
tables, on each side, within the great porch
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In large monastic establishments, as at Westminster, it seems to have been a separate building of some importance, either joining the gatehouse or near it, that the establishment might be disturbed as little as possible
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