"alm" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "1992, Orlando B. Cuartocruz, Zamboanga Chabacano Folk Literature, page 26:",
          "text": "An alm to the poor is a work of charity. Una limosna a los pobres es obra de caridad.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Bobb Biehl, The Question Book, Thomas Nelson Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "If in doubt, you rarely go wrong giving an alm to the poor, and you might feel better about it.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 78:",
          "text": "“An alm for the love of God,” cries the beggar. Don Juan stops, reaches in his pocket and holds out his last gold coin above the outstretched arms of the [beggar].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2020, Melanie Dickerson, The Peasant's Dream, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 99:",
          "text": "He wanted to offer it to you, as an alm for the Church, but I told him you would never agree to that. But if you wish to pay one guilder per month, I think he would accept that.",
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        "Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms."
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        "(nonstandard) Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms."
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      "ipa": "/ɑm/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɑlm/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ɔlm/",
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        "US",
        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/æm/",
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        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːm"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːlm"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːlm"
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      "homophone": "arm (most non-rhotic accents)"
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Orlando B. Cuartocruz, Zamboanga Chabacano Folk Literature, page 26:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Bobb Biehl, The Question Book, Thomas Nelson Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "If in doubt, you rarely go wrong giving an alm to the poor, and you might feel better about it.",
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          "ref": "2015, Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 78:",
          "text": "“An alm for the love of God,” cries the beggar. Don Juan stops, reaches in his pocket and holds out his last gold coin above the outstretched arms of the [beggar].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Melanie Dickerson, The Peasant's Dream, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 99:",
          "text": "He wanted to offer it to you, as an alm for the Church, but I told him you would never agree to that. But if you wish to pay one guilder per month, I think he would accept that.",
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        }
      ],
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