and Eleemosynarius. See Alms, and Almoner.

ELEGANCE, or ELEGANCY, an ornament of polite-nesses and agreeableness shewn in any discourse, with such a choice of rich and happy expressions, as to rise politely above the common manners, so as to strike people of a delicate taste.

It is observed that elegance, though irregular, is preferable to regularity without elegance: that is, by being so scrupulous of grammatical construction, we lose certain licences wherein the elegance of language consists.