alms
olmz
- n money or goods contributed to the poor
- The alms-giving tradition has always been closely associated with the Christmas season hence the canned food drives and Salvation Army Santas that pepper our neighborhoods .
- A Cambodian beggar with her sister walks in a market in search of alms in the capital city Phnom Penh.
- Just as they give alms, Thais donate land to monks they revere as a way of supporting their work--to build temples, schools or other facilities.