almshouse

(-ho̵us′)

noun

  1. Archaic a home for people too poor to support themselves; poorhouse
  2. Brit. a privately endowed home for the disabled or aged poor

See almshouse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A poorhouse.
  2. Chiefly British A home for the poor that is maintained by private charity.

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