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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[OE.

bede

prayer + E.

house

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Noun.

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

Noun.

Same as

Noun.

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

bedehouse ‎(plural bedehouses)