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Meanings of seeking alms in English
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Usage of seeking alms in English
1
After Troy fell there came to Argos a scarred soldier seeking alms.
2
But I forget; I am to-day seeking alms, my good children, for the poor of Rome.
3
The cabin in the valley flaunted its wretched squalor, like a beggar seeking alms on the highway.
4
The law put a stop to the possibility of such frauds, and of professional impostors seeking alms.
5
Women hold out babies seeking alms.
6
Wretched men died of hunger; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men; some fled out of the land.
7
But she was very wise, and went about everywhere seeking alms, and taught her father also to speak in a becoming manner when he begged.
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Seeking alms or begging has a long history and religious significance among West Africa's Muslims.