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• Plough — Plow Plow, Plough Plough (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug , Lith. plugas.] 1. A well known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Plow alms — Plow Plow, Plough Plough (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug , Lith. plugas.] 1. A well known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plow alms — noun Etymology: Middle English ploualmes, from plou, plow, plough plow, plowland + almes alms : a penny formerly paid annually to the church for every plowland …   Useful english dictionary

• Hinton's Alms Houses —    At the north end of Plow Alley Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746, to Elmes, 1831).    Erected in 1732 under the will of Alice Hinton, of Hackney, for 12 poor widows of the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate (Elmes).    The site… …   Dictionary of London

• Church Property —     Property Ecclesiastical     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Property Ecclesiastical     Abstract Right of Ownership     That the Church has the right to acquire and possess temporal goods is a proposition which may now probably be considered an… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Churches, Endowments —    In studying old deeds and records it is desirable to note the meaning of the following terms employed in the making of endowments : Dare et concedare, usual form of gift. Beneficium = endowment. Parochia = parochial endowment. Taxatio =… …   Dictionary of London

• Eleemosyna carucarum — Lit. plough alms . The penny given at Easter for each plough within a village. Cf. Caruca …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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