Sc. Obs. exc. Hist. Also 7 elymosinar. [ad. med.L. eleēmosynārius: see next. Cf. OF. elemosinaire, which may be the immediate source.] = ALMONER.
a. 1639. Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot., I. (1677), 22. Alcuin, commonly held to be Charles the Great his Master, was made his Eleemosynar.
1663. Spalding, Troub. Chas. I. (1829), 16. The bishop of Murray was made lord Elymosinar.
1884. C. Rogers, Soc. Life Scotl., I. ii. 53. Other prominent officials were the carver, the cupbearer, the eleemosynar, [etc.].
