† ˈalmonage Obs.
[a. OFr. almosnaige, aumonnaige, almsgiving, gift; f. almosnīer to give alms, f. almosne: see alms and -age.]
In phr. frank almonage = frank almoin: see almoign.
| 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. 292 None of these held of mean Lords by franke almonage, but all of the King in capite per Baroniam. 1656 ― Serm., Best Employm. 13 He himselfe held all that he had in Frank-Almonage, and lived on the poore mans box. 1667 Waterhouse Fire of Lond. 154 Worthy objects of your Almonage. |