noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- almsgiving/charity
- divine service
- effect/result
- grace, work of Holy Spirit
- Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
- Source: Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949