Almshouse Definition

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almshouses
noun
A poorhouse.
American Heritage
A home for people too poor to support themselves; poorhouse.
Webster's New World
A home for the poor that is maintained by private charity.
American Heritage
A privately endowed home for the disabled or aged poor.
Webster's New World

A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.

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Other Word Forms of Almshouse

Noun

Singular:
almshouse
Plural:
almshouses

Origin of Almshouse

Almshouse Sentence Examples

  • Attached was also a bede or almshouse for twelve poor men.

  • The adjacent Cowane's Hospital is an old almshouse dating from 1637.

  • Both school and almshouse had existed before, and this was merely an additional endowment.

  • Though he took orders in 1841, ill-health prevented his settling in England till 1846, when he became warden of Sackville College, an almshouse at East Grinstead, an appointment which he held till his death on the 6th of August 1866.

  • The almshouse known as the hospital of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist was founded in 1437 on the site of an earlier establishment, and retains a Perpendicular chapel, hall and other portions.

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