beadhouse

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounbeadhouse (plural beadhouses)

plural beadhouses · alternative bedehouse

  1. historicalAn almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

Origin

Old English bede prayer + English house.

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APA

beadhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadhouse

MLA

“beadhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beadhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadhouse.

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