alms-fee
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English ælmes-feoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.
Noun edit
- (historical) 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.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “alms-fee”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.