English-French translations for alms

• aumône
  À mon avis, c'est seulement une aumône pour l'Europe. In my view, it is alms for Europe.
  Nous ne sommes pas des mendiants faisant l' aumône à la porte de l' Europe. We are not a mendicant seeking alms at the European door.
  Ce financement ne doit pas ressembler à une aumône donnée par les riches aux pauvres. This funding should not resemble alms given by the wealthy to the poor.

Definition of alms

• Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food

Examples

• She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms.
• Alms are distributed from the weekly collection for the purpose.

Related words

• psalms
• Psalms
• almshouse
• qualms
• almsgiving
• malmsey
• almsgiver
• palmspan
• Walmsgate