Alms-giving

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Almsgiving \Alms"giv`ing\ ([add]mz"g[i^]v`[i^]ng), n.
     The giving of alms.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  alms-giving
       n : voluntary contributions to aid the poor [syn: {alms}, {almsgiving}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  almsgiving
       n : voluntary contributions to aid the poor [syn: {alms}, {alms-giving}]