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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Alms
Thompson Chain Reference
• Alms
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Alms Bason
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Alms
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Alms
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Alms
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Alms
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Alms, Almsgiving
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Alms
King James Dictionary
• Alms
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Alms
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Creator Alme Siderum
• Alms-Saturday
• Alms-Plate
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Alms
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Alms
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Alms, Almsdeeds
Wilson's Bible Types
• Alms
Webster Dictionary
• Alms
• Alme
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Alme
• Alms
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Alms; Almsgiving
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Alms
• Alms-Bag
• Alms-Basin (or Alms-Dish)
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Alms and Almsgiving
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Alms
Lexicons
• ܙܶܕ݂ܩܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἐλεημοσύνη

or Almai (from Vim, wise, learned), the name of a class of singing girls in Egypt who are present at festivals and entertainments, and act as hired mourners at funerals. They are to be distinguished from the ghawazee, or dancing girls, who perform in the public streets and are of a lower order.