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alms-fee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
alm-s-fee
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.

Etymology

From Old English ælmesfeoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

alms-fees (plural)

Synonyms

Rome-scot Rome-fee Peter's pence

Questions

What does alms-fee mean?
An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.
Where does alms-fee come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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