almsperson
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Whiles we not only relieve them, but instruct them, as Bishop Hooper did his board of beggars, as Dʳ Tailour the Martyr did the Alms-people of Hadley, and other poor of his Parish."
- "[…] it should be order’d, That the Steward of the House be in Commission of the Peace within the Precincts of the House only, and authoriz’d to punish by limited Fines, or otherwise, any person that shall offer any Abuse to the poor Alms-people, or shall offer to make Sport at their Condition."
- "Upon the death of any almsperson, if the friends of the deceased have not been able to afford to pay the charges of the funeral, they have been defrayed out of the trust account to the amount of 2 l. or 3 l. on each occasion;"
- "The persons benefited [by the Jews’ Hospital at Mile End] are worn-out old men, and destitute children, while the number of almspeople is from 150 to 200 yearly."
- "Service was held in the church, but the Hospital became a perfectly secular charity, supporting a few almspeople with niggard hand, and a Master in great splendour."