almonry
Americannoun
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almonries
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of almonry
1175–1225; Middle English aumonerie < Old French ( see almoner, -ry); replacing Middle English aumery
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Besides that portion reserved for travelers there was an almonry overflowing with the poor of London, seeking food and clothing.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
He carried Robin in and out of halls and chambers, kitchen and parlor, cloisters and outer court; through refectory and almonry, stopping, as always, in the chapel to say a prayer.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
Leach considers that the total number of boys educated in the almonry schools was 1,000.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
The earliest available reference to an almonry school in this country is in connection with St. Paul’s Cathedral.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
Wynkyn de Worde was sometime schoolmaster of Saint Alban's, and Lady Juliana Berners' famous volume issued from the Abbey Press, while Caxton was still pursuing his craft in the almonry of another monastery at Westminster.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
Next, Sir Lancelot told the adventures of the Graal which he had seen, and this likewise was written and placed with the other in almonries at Salisbury.
From The Book of Romance by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
The religious houses in those days were the constituted almonries of the rich and great; and through these overflowing channels, for the most part, proceeded their liberality and beneficence.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
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