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Definition of Almsgivings
1. almsgiving [n] - See also: almsgiving
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almsgivings
Literary usage of Almsgivings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1898)
"... twenty-four times ; they have offered eighteen almsgivings, and a great many
prayers,— all for the conversion of these tribes; is not that delightful? ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"When a pious confraternity was formed, the Pope, it was believed, could transfer
to the credit of the community a mass of prayers, almsgivings, and other ..."
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