sub-ˈalmoner
Also 7 -a(l)mner.
[sub- 6.]
A subordinate almoner, one of the officials of the Royal Almonry.
| 1647 Haward Crown Rev. 31 Gentleman Amner: Fee, 11. 8. 1. ob. Sub-amner: Fee 6. 16. 10. ob. 1710 J. Chamberlayne M. Brit. Notitia 106 One of the King's Chaplains, deputed by the Lord Almoner to be his Sub-Almoner. 1773 Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 200 The Rev. Mr. Kaye, Sub-almoner to his Majesty, preached at the Chapel Royal. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 37/1 The officers of the almonry, namely, the hereditary grand almoner, the lord high almoner, the sub-almoner, the groom of the almonry, and the secretary to the lord high almoner. |
| fig. 1654 Cleveland Char. Diurn. Maker 1 A Diurnal Maker is the Sub-Almner of History. |