Subalmoner
mə noun
1.
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
2.
British.
a.
a hospital official who determines the amount due for a patient's treatment.
b.
a social worker in a hospital.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English almoiner, aumoner (with insertion of l under influence of alms) < Old French aumon(i)er ≪ Late Latin eleēmosynārius eleemosynary
1250–1300; Middle English almoiner, aumoner (with insertion of l under influence of alms) < Old French aumon(i)er ≪ Late Latin eleēmosynārius eleemosynary
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| —n | |
| 1. | obsolete (Brit) a trained hospital social worker responsible for the welfare of patients |
| 2. | (formerly) a person who distributes alms or charity on behalf of a household or institution |
| [C13: from Old French almosnier, from almosne alms, from Vulgar Latin alemosina (unattested), from Late Latin eleēmosyna; see | |
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Subalmoner
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Word Origin & History
almoner
"official distributor of alms on behalf of another," c.1300, from O.Fr. almosnier (12c.; Mod.Fr. aumônerie), from V.L. *almosinarius, from L.L. elemosinarius (adj.) "connected with alms," from eleemosyna "alms" (see alms).
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