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ALMONER (from Lat. eleemosynarius, through med. Lat. almosynarius, almonarius, and Fr. almosnier, aumosniea, &c., mod. Fr. aumonier) , in the primitive sense, an officer in religious houses to whom belonged the management and distribution of the alms of the house
almoner of France first appears in the reign of Charles VIII.He was an important court official whose duties comprised the superintendence of the Chapel Royal and all the religious ceremonies of the court. He was a director of the great
hospital
Napoleon
Napoleon
almoner (the marquess of Exeter
bishop
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