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Definition: ALMONRY |
ALMONRYNoun1. The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed. |
Date "ALMONRY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Almonry The place where the almoner resides, or where alms are distributed. An almoner is a person whose duty it is to distribute alms, which, in ancient times, consisted of one-tenth of the entire income of monastery. (See Ambry.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ALMONRY |
| English words defined with "ALMONRY": Almonries, Almry, Ambry, Aumery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ALMONRY": Maunds. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ALMONRY": Alms, Ambry. (references) |
| "ALMONRY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ALMONRY" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ALMONRY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Afrikaan | aalmoeseniershuis (almshouse, workhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | място където се раздават помощи. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | armhuis (almshouse, workhouse), aalmoezeniershuis (almshouse, workhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||
Esperanto | malriĉulejo (almshouse, workhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | elemosineria. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | almonryay nơi phát chẩn. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"ALMONRY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Almendro, almondy, Almoro, Amandry, Amon-ra. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ALMONRY" (pronounced 'Al"mon*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-n-o-r-y" | |
-1 letter: normal. | |
-2 letters: anomy, loamy, loran, manly, manor, marly, mayor, molar, moral, moray, rayon, roman, royal. | |
-3 letters: amyl, army, aryl, loam, loan, lorn, lory, mano, many, marl, mayo, moan, mola, moly, mony, mora, morn, myna, nary, noma, norm, only, oral, roam, roan, yarn. | |
-4 letters: any, arm, lam, lar, lay, man, mar, may, moa, mol, mon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-n-o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: matronly, normalcy, normally, randomly. | |
+2 letters: embryonal, monolayer, mordantly, myoneural, myrobalan, normality, pulmonary, workmanly. | |
+3 letters: abnormally, emblazonry, hormonally, informally, lampoonery, mineralogy, monaurally, monetarily, monolayers, myrobalans, poultryman, unmorality. | |
+4 letters: abnormality, clergywoman, conformably, importantly, informality, lognormally, mandatorily, momentarily, monocrystal, monocularly, moronically, nonmilitary, normatively, paramountly, salmonberry, sportsmanly, subnormally, unmemorably. | |
+5 letters: admonitorily, ceremonially, chlorenchyma, demonstrably, eleemosynary, harmonically, harmoniously, impersonally, imponderably, incomparably, inflammatory, laryngectomy, lognormality, manipulatory, membranously, meridionally, microanalyst, microtonally, monocrystals, ornamentally, paranormally, pronominally, pyromaniacal, romantically, subnormality, voluntaryism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4C 4D 4F 4E 52 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. -- --- -. .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001100 01001101 01001111 01001110 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A L M O N R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004C 004D 004F 004E 0052 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35464749485259 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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