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- An almoner (/ˈɑːmənər, ˈæl-/) is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing money to the deserving poor. The title almoner...
- near the abbey by Henry VII in 1502, and the twelve almsmen and three almswomen were originally minor court officials who were retired due to age or disability...
- Horner and Diana Mary Paul are worried about the discrimination against almswomen and laywomen in Indian Buddhism. Kawahashi Noriko observes that the contemporary...
- publication date) include: Women under primitive Buddhism : laywomen and almswomen (1930/1975) Papañcasūdanī: Majjhimanikāyaṭṭhakathā of Buddhaghosâcariya...
- 500 in cash and a reversionary interest in a further £1,000, for the almswomen of the company. In 1884 this was producing annual income of £106 12s,...
- ISBN 978-0-8248-3031-1 Horner, I.B. (1930), Women under Primitive Buddhism. Laywomen and Almswomen (PDF), George Routledge and Sons, OCLC 576116 Hsu, C.Y.; O'Connor, M.;...
- 1565. The houses (which no longer exist) were always occupied by widowed almswomen. Bowes gave £600 for charitable uses to the mayor and commonalty of York...