A charitable act or deed of giving alms; an act of charity or benevolence.
Compound of 'alms' and 'deed,' following Old English and Middle English patterns of combining simple words to create new meanings—like 'good-deed' or 'misdeeds.'
Medieval and Renaissance writers loved compound words like this—combining 'alms' and 'deed' made the concept feel more concrete and morally significant, like charity was an actual accomplishment!
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