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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 717 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALMONRY (See also:Lat. eleemosynarium, Fr. aumonerie, Ger. Almosenhaus) , the name for the See also:place or chamber where See also:alms were distributed to the poor in churches or other ecclesiastical buildings. At Bishopstone See also:church, See also:Wiltshire, it is a sort of covered See also:porch attached to the See also:south See also:transept, but not communicating with the interior of the church. At See also:Worcester See also:Cathedral the alms are said to have been distributed on See also:stone tables, on each See also:side, within the See also:great porch. In large monastic establishments, as at See also:Westminster, it seems to have been a See also:separate See also:building of some importance, either joining the See also:gatehouse or near it, that the See also:establishment might be disturbed as little as possible.

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