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Webster 1913 Edition

Bedehouse

{

Bead′houseˊ

,

Bede′houseˊ

}

,

Noun.

[OE.

bede

prayer + E.

house

. See

,

Noun.

]

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

Bede′houseˊ

,

Noun.

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bedehouse

BE'DEHOUSE

,

Noun.

Formerly, a hospital or alms house, where the poor prayed for their founders and benefactors.