Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beadhouse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beadhouse \Bead"house`\, Bedehouse \Bede"house`\, n. [OE. bede
prayer + E. house. See {Bead}, n.]
An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their
benefactors.
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