almoner
Americannoun
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a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
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British.
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a hospital official who determines the amount due for a patient's treatment.
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a social worker in a hospital.
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noun
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obsolete a trained hospital social worker responsible for the welfare of patients
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(formerly) a person who distributes alms or charity on behalf of a household or institution
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of almoner
1250–1300; Middle English almoiner, aumoner (with insertion of l under influence of alms ) < Old French aumon ( i ) er ≪ Late Latin eleēmosynārius eleemosynary
Example Sentences
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But the letters went to Rome, and in April 2020, the pope sent money and food to Blessed Virgin through Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, the official dispenser of Francis’s philanthropy.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
They reached out to the pope through Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, who is responsible for charitable work done in the name of pope.
From Fox News ● May 1, 2020
Krajewski, whose official title is the pope's almoner, said barbers and hairdressers would volunteer their services on Mondays, the day their shops are traditionally closed in Italy.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2015
Though the office of the papal almoner dates to the 12th century, Papal Blessings on parchment began to be issued only about 100 years ago under Pope Leo XIII.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2014
She was her father’s almoner to many a widow and orphan child in Portie; and she helped her brother with higher work than her father’s almsgiving.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
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