Almsdeed

Alms´deed`

(ạmz´dēd`)
n. 1. An act of charity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The woman, although she receives Jesus' praise in silence, must have been shocked to hear her big moment made into a simple almsdeed, to hear him say that being Israel's anointed means being dead and buried, not powerful and effective.
God `n' plenty
Virtuous actions must be deliberately chosen for their own sakes (see the Commentary on Book II, 3 of the Nicomachean Ethics); this is why almsdeeds motivated by vainglory, e.g., are sinful rather than virtuous (1-2, q.
Goodness and Rightness in Thomas Aquinas' 'Summa theologiae.'