Obs. [a. OFr. almosnaige, aumonnaige, almsgiving, gift; f. almosnīer to give alms, f. almosne: see ALMS and -AGE.] In phr. Frank almonage = frank almoin: see ALMOIGN.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., VI. 292. None of these held of mean Lords by franke almonage, but all of the King in capite per Baroniam. Ibid. (1656), Serm., Best Employm., 13. He himselfe held all that he had in Frank-Almonage, and lived on the poore mans box.
1667. Waterhouse, Fire of Lond., 154. Worthy objects of your Almonage.
