almshouse
noun
a house endowed by private charity for the reception and support of the aged or infirm poor.
almshouses
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pluralof almshouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"We had all these building foundations, a school, domestic houses, terraced houses, even some almshouses and a chapel floor," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
By 1874, public authorities were already removing destitute White children from their parents, often to be placed in almshouses.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
Still other skulls came from the potter’s fields of almshouses and public hospitals, where U.S. and European doctors had long sourced bodies for dissection.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 8, 2021
Nursing homes rose from the almshouses in England and America that cared for the poor.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2021
Along the way, he built schools and almshouses, new roads and bridges, and even founded whole new towns, establishing himself as one of the most enlightened of the English landlords in Ireland at the time.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
