-
nounmoney or goods contributed to the poortype of:
Definition that contains alms
- read interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- david (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
- phoenix a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
- quest seek alms, as for religious purposes
- sedative a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
- gradual (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
- downer a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
- friar a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- psalm one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
- psalm sing or celebrate in psalms