poor-relief

Paley was not alone in his belief; the younger Pitt, the Prime Minister, even introduced a new poor-relief bill for the specific purpose of boosting the population.

The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999

Paley was not alone in his belief; the younger Pitt, the Prime Minister, even introduced a new poor-relief bill for the specific purpose of boosting the population.

The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999

Eleanor was darker, vivacious, an avid tennis player and active in her church's poor-relief work.

There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972

They neither observe Ascension Day nor Whitsuntide; they abolished Baptism and the Eucharist; and, however charitable the members may be in their private capacities, the Free Community, as such, does not practise poor-relief or charity in any form.

Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

But while prices went up, money-wages did not rise in anything like the same proportion; labour being cheapened by the continuous displacement of the agricultural population, which was not attended by an equivalent increase of employment in the towns, and by the dissolution of the monasteries, which at the same time wiped out the sole existing system of poor-relief.

England under the Tudors

Under a defective system of poor-relief, recently reformed, an immense mass of idle pauperism had come into being; it still remained to be seen if a new Poor Law could do away with the mischief created by the old one.

Great Britain and Her Queen Annie E. Keeling

A noteworthy aspect of English administrative reform during the past three-quarters of a century has been, nevertheless, a large increase of centralized control, if not of technical centralization, in relation to poor-relief, education, finance, and the other varied functions of the local governing agencies.

The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

Among the decrees of the Council of Trent for the regulation and reformation of the system of poor-relief, we find several with special application to hospitals.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

The efforts of Julian the Apostate to plant Christian poor-relief on pagan soil with the assistance of the pagan high-priest, Arsatinus, met with scant success.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

The bishop administered the church property, being assisted in the superintendence of poor-relief by the deacons and deaconesses, and in many places by special conomi or by the archpresbyters or archdeacons.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913