In front of the modest doors of the chambers inhabited by almsmen and almswomen runs a tiny cloister with oak pillars, so that the inmates may visit one another dryshod in any weather.
The trumpeters flourish their trumpets, the skinners and the almsmen shout for joy.
At Ewelme, for example, the almsmen resorted to the church constantly, and their presence was regarded as so important that even absence on pilgrimage was [p204] deprecated.
The almsmen of Ewelme after private prayer by their bedside, attended mattins and prime soon after 6 a.
Potyn directed that his almsmen at Rochester should say at a certain hour morning and evening “our ladie sawter.
The almsmenof God’s House, Donnington, worshipped in the adjacent Trinitarian Chapel.
It was not merely lepers who were required to keep within bounds, for ordinary almsmen had similar restrictions.
Bonde’s almsmen at Coventry bore upon their gowns “the cognizance of the Trinity.
In Scotland there were public almsmen supported by the king and expected in return to pray for his welfare and that of the state.
The word had a special sense as the name for thosealmsmen attached to cathedral and other churches, whose duty it was to pray for the souls of deceased benefactors.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "almsmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
