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beadhouse
Or ·dzܲ
[beed-hous]
noun
plural
beadhouses(formerly) an almshouse in which the residents were required to pray for the founder.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beadhouse1
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A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
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