Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FRANK-AL-MOIGN'
FRANK-AL-MOIGN', n. [frankalmoin'; frank and Norm. almoignes, alms.]
Free alms; in English law, a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands to them and their successors forever, on condition of praying for the soul of the donor. Blackstone.
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