English Explanatory Dictionary

beadhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

Word forms

beadhouse beadhouses bedehouse

Etymology

Old English bede prayer + English house.

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