Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alms; a dole; a gift or contribution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
charitable gift orcontribution ;alms ; asportula .
Etymologies
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Latin sportula a little basket, a gift, diminutive of sporta a basket.
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