Definition of Poorhouses. Meaning of Poorhouses. Synonyms of Poorhouses

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Definition of Poorhouses

Poorhouse
Poorhouse Poor"house`, n. A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

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- ISBN 978-0742529458. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Poorhouses. Jack London's firsthand account of life and poorhouses in the 1902 East End of London Workhouses...
- established poorhouses and plans for any new ones also had to be approved. The new law allowed parishes to combine to operate poorhouses jointly, the...
- towns across Scotland, Aberdeen and its twin city of Old Aberdeen had poorhouses to complement the provision for the poor and need provided by the church...
- "Poorhouse Rock" is the twenty-second and final episode of the thirty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 728th...
- The Petropavlovskaya Poorhouse (Russian: Петропавловская богадельня) was a poorhouse in Rostov-on-Don constructed in the 1860s. Andrey Matveyevich Baykov [ru]...
- communities. Poorhouses continued to exist into the early 20th century, despite the criticism of the poor conditions of the poorhouses. In the US, the...
- relief". Poorhouses arose before the Scientific Charity Movement arrived in the US. While some members of the movement were in favor of the poorhouses, the...
- concentrated in the cities, which have become America's poorhouses. The companion volume to Locked in the Poorhouse, The Millennium Breach, was featured in a debate...
- Osage County Poorhouse is a historic poorhouse located near Linn, Osage County, Missouri. It was built in 1893, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, V-shaped, brick...
- The Poorhouse Fair (1959) was the first novel by the American author John Up****. A second edition (New York : Knopf, 1977) included an introduction by...