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Definition of Bedehouses
1. bedehouse [n] - See also: bedehouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedehouses
Literary usage of Bedehouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and antiquities of Nottingham by James Orange (1840)
"... Nottingham, after the death of his wife, to the use of the poor of St.
Mary's parish, Nottingham, to be used as bedehouses for the poor of the parish; ..."
2. Church Work and Life in English Minsters by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1879)
"... were usually Hospitallers' bedehouses on a larger scale. ' Llan ' denotes a
sacred enclosure, in which a church (eglwys) was built. ..."
3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1854)
"To the pretty and unpretending bedehouses built at Lincoln by Mr.Pugin, a chapel
has lately been added from the designs of Mr. J Sutler field. ..."
4. The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record by George Phillips (1908)
"... and three bedehouses, besides Exhibitions for University students and other
benefactions to keep his name in remembrance, most of which still serve the ..."
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