eleemosynary
eleemosynary · eleemosynaries
A beggarA beggar
UK/ˌɛl.ɪ.iːˈmɒ.sɪ.nə.ɹi/US/ˌɛl.ɪˈmɑː.sə.nɛɹ.i/
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)A beggar
Origin
From Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”)From Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.
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Forms
plural: eleemosynaries| Singular | eleemosynary |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedeleemosynous
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.