alms-fee
Meaning
Noun
- An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.
Related
Similar words
- Rome-scot
- Rome-fee
- Peter's pence
Origin
- From Old English ælmes-feoh, from ælmesse + feoh. See fee.
Modern English dictionary
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