In 1322, the king's almoner paid 8 shillings.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

Pentateuch completely by heart, acted as his almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference

'You should have gone to Mrs. Gill: she is my almoner.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference

I will make a gift shall I? to your almoner in requital.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rare Benedictine]

Glauber, her almoner, and Brother Thomas of Epsom, her leech.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burlesques] Reference

Anne stared at the almoner though could not focus on his face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tudors: King Takes Queen] Reference

I made him almoner, so that he had to spend half his time away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

Mrs. Bigelow became, ere long, the almoner of the bounty of many Aid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference

"You give away more than your income," remarked this almoner-brother one day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference

"William also gave freely in winter for the poor," added Brother Oswald the almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heretic's Apprentice]

He is now and then my almoner, and, I believe, always adds to my little benefactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference

“I criticized his slack regime, and he made me almoner to get me out of the way.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

Italian, -- no further versed in Scripture history than was the pleasure of his almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference

For this reason, many monastic houses appoint an almoner, to be responsible for almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

The government was in the hands of the almoner of the cathedral, who distributed doles to the poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

Association is the almoner of their bounty and seeks their aid and counsel at its annual gatherings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889] Reference

King William left the washing to his almoner; and such was the arrangement for many years afterwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004] Reference

This time they were in the hands of Wolsey's own men -- Steven Gardiner and Foxe, the King's almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

He kept his promise -- the chancellor presented the patent for the benefice to the astonished almoner!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831] Reference

The fourth mode of operating is by continuance, which is as it were the steward and almoner of nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Organon] Reference

The States are already Belgium's almoner; it is only a step further for them to come in as her savior.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference

Every true disciple was to consider himself an almoner and dispenser of the divine goodness to his race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference

He made the almoner promise to deliver both letters, agreeably to their address, on his arrival in Rome.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831] Reference

He looked timorous as Babbitt, a moist and ecstatic almoner, held out a glass, but as he tasted it he piped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Babbit] Reference

The old usurer and his wife were drowned; the son and daughter, the two eunuchs, and the almoner were saved.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference

Lady Glenorchy being in a delicate state of health, made frequent use of Mrs. Graham as her almoner to the poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.] Reference

His activity, cunning and mastery of intrigue gained him the appreciation of Louis XI., who made him his almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

He thus gained an entrance to the court, became grand almoner of the queen, and received the revenue of rich abbeys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

Andre Valladier, who died about the middle of the sixteenth century, was a popular preacher and the king's almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 46, September 14, 1850] Reference

I had been wearing a serviceable gray serge gown on our travels, acquired through the good offices of the almoner at the Abbey of Ste.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragonfly in Amber]

It was met at the door by the lord high almoner and the subdeans of the Chapel Royal, who joined the ranks and passed up to the altar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference

She had her doctor in ordinary, her grand almoner, her chamberlain, her first lady of honor, her prime minister; above all, her chancellor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eug�nie Grandet] Reference

But now, according to her almoner, preparations for her death have increasingly occupied her thoughts, so I believe she is reconciled to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tudors: King Takes Queen] Reference

"My lord," replied the almoner, "is going to solicit a benefice of fifty thousand livres, before the emperor is informed of its being vacant.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831] Reference

The sacrist has his lands, I have mine, and there are smaller endowments for the novice-master, the guest-master, the infirmarer and the almoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

I knew him when he was only an Abbe, and the Duchess of Burgundy's almoner; but the desire to obtain a Cardinal's hat drives most of the Bishops mad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency]

Mantel acted as his almoner, and by his delicate tact and gentle manners persuaded the proud and revengeful old man to accept the mysterious charity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference

And so to others, even to that happiness of Augustus; though he were Jupiter's almoner, Pluto's treasurer, Neptune's admiral, it could not secure him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference