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inelemosinare

1 inelemosinare [1 in + elemosinare] , to grant in frank-almoign. a1273 nomina inquisitorum de terris datis et ~atis in civitate Ebor’ KR Eccl. 25/1; 1279 ~averunt hamelet’ de Chalcford cum pertinentiis prioratui S. Trinitatis Walingeford’ cum iiij hydis terre quas ‥ prior tenet ‥ in elemosine Hund. II 786b.
2 inelemosinare [2 in- + elemosinare] , to divert a gift in alms to secular use. dicitur quod elemosyna non potest, nec debet, ~ari G. S. Alb. I 205.

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