The act or practice of giving alms or distributing charity; the work performed by an almoner.
From alms or almoin plus the gerund/present participle suffix -ing. Represents the action or process of charitable work as an ongoing activity or profession.
Using -ing to turn charity into an action word ('almoning') shows how medieval people saw charitable giving not as one-off events but as continuous institutional work!
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