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Meanings of almoner in английском

испанский
limosnero

An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients.

        limosnero
        русский
        элемозинарий
        испанский
        limosnero
        каталонский
        almoiner

        Chaplain in charge of assisting the poor.

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                Usage of almoner in английском
                1
                For the future, Agostino, you would do well to appoint an almoner.
                The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
                2
                He was their king, their protector, their physician, their almoner, their friend.
                The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
                3
                What a trio with Tournon for grand-almoner, and l'Hopital, and de Thou!
                Catherine De Medici
                4
                The chief almoner was Ferdinand de Rohan, former archbishop of Cambray.
                Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 02
                5
                And on the strength of this acquaintance you expect to be her almoner?
                Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
                6
                The almoner's doubt of Wolf's orthodoxy had been entirely dispelled by his confession.
                Barbara Blomberg — Volume 06
                7
                The almoner collected the left-overs to distribute to the poor.
                Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
                8
                The office of hereditary grand almoner is now merely titular.
                The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                9
                Expressing his indignation to the almoner without reserve, he closed the interview with him.
                Barbara Blomberg — Volume 07
                10
                In Alphonsine's mistress, the Marquise de Leria, the almoner also possessed a willing tale-bearer.
                Barbara Blomberg — Volume 06
                11
                At any rate, take my advice, and be the almoner of your own bounty.
                The Home Mission
                12
                Carrie is his almoner, and sometimes I work with her.
                Esther : a book for girls
                13
                Edward Lee, his almoner, replaced Wolsey as Archbishop of York.
                The tudors: the complete story of england's most notorious dynas...
                14
                He were good for an almoner, ill for a steward.
                Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
                15
                Abbé, you'll be my almoner and play piquet with me.
                The Queen Pedauque
                16
                A priest accompanied the little band, Brother John Pasquerel, who was also Joan's almoner.
                Joan of Arc
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                испанский
                limosnero
                каталонский
                almoiner
                Almoner through the time
                Almoner across language varieties
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