aumôner — ⇒AUMÔNER, verbe trans. DR. ANC. [Le suj. désigne une pers.] Payer une amende destinée aux pauvres ou à un établissement charitable, en raison d une condamnation judiciaire : • 1. Par arrêt du 3 août 1701 le parlement condamna le sieur Beausergent … Encyclopédie Universelle
aumôner — AUMÔNER. v. a. Donner par aumône. Il ne se dit guère qu en termes de Pratique. On l a condamné à aumôner cent écus aux pauvres.Aumôné, ée. participe. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit d Un homme condamné par jugement à payer une aumône. Il a été aumôné … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
AUMÔNER — v. a. T. de Pratique ancienne. Payer une somme au profit des pauvres, en vertu d une condamnation judiciaire. Aumôner cent écus aux pauvres. On ne condamne plus à aumôner. AUMÔNÉ, ÉE. participe, Être aumôné, Être condamné à aumôner … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
aumône — [ omon ] n. f. • almosne déb. Xe; lat. pop. °alemosina, du lat. ecclés. d o. gr. elemosyna 1 ♦ Don charitable fait aux pauvres. ⇒ bienfait, charité, 1. don, obole. Recueillir des aumônes (⇒ 1. quête) . La misère l a réduit à vivre d aumône (cf.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ammer — This interesting and unusual name has two possible origins. The first is Anglo Saxon and is a variant form of the locational surname Anmer , deriving from the place so called in Norfolk. The place is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as… … Surnames reference
Anear — This ancient surname probably describes a long lost occupation, that of making teasel brushes for use by a fuller to finish fine cloth. The origination is from the pre 8th Century Anglo Saxon ahana , a word which describes a stiff bristle found… … Surnames reference
Annear — This ancient surname probably describes a long lost occupation, that of making teasel brushes for use by a fuller to finish fine cloth. The origination is from the pre 8th Century Anglo Saxon ahana , a word which describes a stiff bristle found… … Surnames reference
almoner — noun Etymology: Middle English almoiner, from Anglo French aumoner, almener, from aumone alms, from Late Latin eleemosyna Date: 15th century 1. one who distributes alms 2. British a social service worker in a hospital … New Collegiate Dictionary
almoner — /al meuh neuhr, ah meuh /, n. 1. a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc. 2. Brit. a. a hospital official who determines the amount due for a patient s treatment … Universalium
Aumener — A pouch or purse attached to a belt and worn both by men and women. It was used to carry coins and other small objects. A woman of high status would have carried an aumener as a purse; a woman of lower status would have carried a bourse. [<… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
