alms-fee
English
Etymology
From Old English ælmes-feoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.
Noun
alms-fee (plural alms-fees)
- 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.
Synonyms
- Rome-scot
- Rome-fee
- Peter's pence
References
- alms-fee in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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