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Alms
Money or goods given to poor people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Alms (disambiguation).
Alms (/ɑːmz/, /ɑːlmz/) are money, food, or other material goods donated to people living in poverty.[1][2] Providing alms is often considered an act of charity. The act of providing alms is called almsgiving.
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