Definitions for "Almoner"
One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
A social worker in a hospital.
An official in a hospital whose job it is to calculate how much a patient must pay for treatment.
Giver of charity to the needy
Almoner (from the Greek ελεημοσύνη eleimosyne, westernized as eelmosyna, 'alms' via Latin Almosunartius and French, known in English since circa 1300) is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing charity.
Keywords:  abbey, poor, visited, looked
looked after the poor who visited the abbey (giving alms).