Definition of Settlement house

1. Noun. A center in an underprivileged area that provides community services.

Generic synonyms: Center, Centre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Settlement House

settle in
settle on
settle someone's hash
settle up
settle upon
settleable
settleables
settled
settled down
settled someone's hash
settled up
settledness
settlement
settlement agreement
settlement agreements
settlement house (current term)
settlements
settler
settlers
settles
settles down
settles someone's hash
settles up
settling
settling down
settling someone's hash
settling up
settlings
settlor
settlors

Literary usage of Settlement house

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Social Progress edited by Josiah Strong, William Howe Tolman, William Dwight Porter Bliss (1906)
"Illinois, Chicago, 783 Armitage Ave., settlement house of Armitage Ave., ... Kentucky, Louisville, 834 E. Jefferson St., Louisville settlement house, ..."

2. The Settlement Idea: A Vision of Social Justice by Arthur Cort Holden (1922)
"To a great extent the entree that is gained through the settlement house proper is of assistance in overcoming the barriers of both indifference and ..."

3. Handbook of Settlements by Robert Archey Woods, Albert Joseph Kennedy (1911)
"New log settlement house, school house, workshop combined with power house for steam heat and ... (School house and settlement house destroyed by fire, Jan. ..."

4. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (1921)
"Maintains a settlement house, where clubs and classes for men and women, boys and girls ... settlement house maintained by Co-op. Social Sett lenient Soc. ..."

5. Social Settlements by Charles Richmond Henderson (1899)
"THE CHURCH settlement house; 329 East Eighty-fourth Street, New York City; founded 1894. Miss Marian I,. Gurney, Director. The population of the district is ..."

6. Bibliography of College, Social, University and Church Settlements by Caroline Williamson Montgomery, College Settlements Association (1905)
"encouragement and help as a settlement house can give. As the act of incorporation allows an ... Pamphlet, entitled Church settlement house, Danbury, ..."

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