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Latin
Etymology
From eleēmosyna + -ārius (agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
eleēmosynārius m (genitive eleēmosynāriī); second declension
- (Late Latin) alms dispenser
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- eleemosynarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- eleemosynarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “eleemosynarius”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC