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Webster 1913 Edition

Lombar-house

{

Lom′bard-house

,

Lom′bar-houseˊ

, }

[F. or D.

lombard

. See

,

Noun.

]

1.

A bank or a pawnbroker’s shop.

2.

A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; – called also

mont de piété

.