English Explanatory Dictionary

alms-fee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

alms-fee alms-fees

Etymology

From Old English ælmesfeoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.

Synonyms

Rome-scot Rome-fee Peter's pence
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