"alms-fee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alms-fees [plural]
Etymology: From Old English ælmes-feoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|ælmes-feoh}} Old English ælmes-feoh, {{m|ang|ælmesse||alms}} ælmesse (“alms”), {{m|ang|feoh||money}} feoh (“money”), {{m|en|fee}} fee Head templates: {{en-noun}} alms-fee (plural alms-fees)
  1. (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. Tags: historical Synonyms: Rome-scot, Rome-fee, Peter's pence
    Sense id: en-alms-fee-en-noun-Q~XAYDEv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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