Bead"house`, Bede"house` (?), n. [OE. bede prayer + E. house. See Bead, n.]

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

 

© Webster 1913.


Bede"house` (?)

,n.Same as Beadhouse.

 

© Webster 1913.

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