almoner
noun
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
subalmoner
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a word derived from
almoner.
Example Sentences
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Archbishop Davidson was first subalmoner to queen, then her domestic chaplain, then her Clerk of the Closet, a post which he continued to hold under Edward VII.
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