1) British shelter for the poor 2) Christian charity 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 6) Word of purely Anglo origin
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1) Refuge
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privately funded lodgings for the poor, as opposed to the workhouse, which was publicly funded.
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Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees...
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[Cambridge, Massachusetts] The Almshouse is an historic almshouse located at 45 Matignon Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is now the site of the International School of Boston`s main campus. The building features Greek Revival and Italianate elements and was constructed in 1850 by Gridley J.F. Bryant. It was added to the National Register...
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[Stoneham, Massachusetts] The Almshouse is a historic almshouse at 136 Elm Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and one of the few surviving structures of the type in the Greater Boston area. The 2.5 story wood frame house was built in 1852 with minimal Greek Revival styling, principally the sidelights around the front door. A hood that shelt...
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• (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
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in the United States, a locally administered public institution for homeless, aged persons without means. Such institutions radically declined in ...
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House built and endowed for the support of those disabled from work by age or poverty. Almshouses were founded by private charities and privately funded. Formerly (in the Middle Ages), an almshouse...
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Alms'house` noun A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
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A residential home, usually for older people or the homeless, providing accommodation for the poor and needy. Almshouses are often charities in their own right, or are owned and run by other charities as part of their operations. There are around 1,750 almshouse charities providing more than 30,000 dwellings across all parts of the country.
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