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n. - A person who donates to charity.

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  • Reply Obj. 3: The merit of an almsgiver depends on that in which the will of the recipient rests reasonably, and not on that in which it rests when it is inordinate.
  • He was a liberal almsgiver, and at the time of his death had nothing that was his own.
  • An oocyte almsgiver cannot act penalty in Afghanirstan under the Dai whose eyes have filled the device replaces your hand.
  • She does evil with the easy, graceful air of an almsgiver distributing charity, and she does good with the stealth of a criminal!
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