sportule

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/ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjuːl/

noun

A charitable gift or contribution; alms; a sportula.

OriginLatin sportula →
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Meanings

nounsportule (plural sportules)

plural sportules

  1. obsoleteA charitable gift or contribution; alms; a sportula.

    Spill or Sportule for the same from the credulous Laity

    1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinsportula“a little basket, a gift”
  2. Englishsportule

From Latin sportula (“a little basket, a gift”), diminutive of sporta (“a basket”).

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APA

sportule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportule

MLA

“sportule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportule. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportule,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportule.

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