Definitions for almonries

almonries al·mon·ry

Spelling: [al-muh n-ree, ah-muh n-]
IPA: /ˈæl mən ri, ˈɑ mən-/

Almonries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 1029 anagrams from letters in almonries (aeilmnors).

Definitions for almonries

noun

  1. the place where an almoner resides or where alms are distributed.

Origin of almonries

1175-1225; Middle English aumonerie Old French (see almoner, -ry); replacing Middle English aumery

Examples for almonries

Stow distinctly says it was in the almonry of the abbey; and the handbill Dr. Rimbault refers to confirms that fact.

A description of the almonry school at Durham is given in the “Rites of Durham.”

He was a clerk, and ranked directly after the two grooms of the almonry.

For to the almonry eight years before a wise man had come with a strange new invention.

The almonry soon became a centre for all that was most cultivated in England.

Whilst the bearer of the roll was waiting to receive back his brief, he was to be entertained liberally in the almonry.

In 1476 he set up his press and sign, a red pole, in the almonry at Westminster.

He increased the allowances to the kitchen, cellars, and almonry.

The almonry was not merely "within the precincts of the abbey," it was actually a part of the abbey.

Attached to St. Saviour's was an almonry intended for the same purpose.

Word Value for almonries
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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