almoner
almoner 英 [ˈɑ:mənə(r)] 美 [ˈælmənɚ, ˈɑmə-]
n. 施赈人员;救济品分发员
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- n. 施赈人员;救济品分发员
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1. But riches indeed bless that heart whose almoner is benevolence.
但是财富确实能为仁慈而慷慨的人带来好运。
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2. He had a blessed opportunity of being God's almoner , but he thought only of ministering to his own comfort.
他享有得福的良机可以做上帝的施舍者,但他想到的仅是一己的安逸而已。
- almoner (n.) "official distributor of alms on behalf of another," c. 1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), from Old French almosnier "alms-giver" (12c.; Modern French aumônier), from Vulgar Latin *almosinarius, from Late Latin elemosinarius (adj.) "connected with alms," from eleemosyna "alms" (see alms). OED notes, "the Renascence brought up a number of artificial spellings ...."
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