almshouse

[US]/'ɑːmzhaʊs/
[UK]/'ɑmzhaʊs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. almisshus, et sted for de fattige eller trængende, en velgørende institution.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

Public general hospital originated in the almshouse infirmaries established as early as colonial times by local governments to care for the poor.

Det offentlige generelle hospital havde sin oprindelse i de lossehospitaler, der blev oprettet allerede i kolonitiden af lokale regeringer for at passe på de fattige.

The almshouse provided shelter for the homeless.

Lossehuuset gav husly for de hjemløse.

She volunteered at the local almshouse.

Hun meldte sig frivilligt til det lokale lossehus.

The almshouse was founded in the 18th century.

Lossehuuset blev grundlagt i det 18. århundrede.

Residents of the almshouse received regular meals.

Beboere på lossehuuset modtog regelmæssige måltider.

The almshouse was a place of refuge for the poor.

Lossehuuset var et tilflugtssted for de fattige.

The almshouse was funded by charitable donations.

Lossehuuset blev finansieret af velgørende donationer.

The almshouse provided medical care for its residents.

Lossehuuset ydede lægehjælp til sine beboere.

The almshouse was a symbol of community support.

Lossehuuset var et symbol på lokalsamfundets støtte.

Many almshouses were built in response to social needs.

Mange lossehuuser blev bygget som reaktion på sociale behov.

The almshouse was a place where the elderly could find companionship.

Lossehuuset var et sted, hvor ældre kunne finde selskab.

Real-world Examples

There were almshouses and almsmen everywhere.

Source: Pan Pan

There were “Overseers of the Poor, ” pauper auctions, and laws of settlement; and there were almshouses, “bridewells, ” and “houses of industry.”

Source: The story of origin

The poorest people in the parish of Winchester in Southern England take up residence in hospitals ? ? and the almshouse of noble poverty.

Source: History

The earliest social homes were almshouses—institutions for the old and decrepit built by rich benefactors with an eye on their souls.

Source: The Economist Culture

" Peter was a bad liver, and almshouses won't cover it, when he's had the impudence to show it at the last" .

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

In some of the cases listed earlier, the housing assistance came in the form of private charitable donations that built shared homes for poor families (like almshouses).

Source: The story of origin

I think it is the only way to keep us out of the almshouse, and I believe it to be a perfectly sure way.

Source: The Short Stories of Mark Twain

In 1523, 52 houses of an estate called the Fuggerei were built by Fugger, it was originally an almshouse intended to serve as a retirement home for his aged servants.

Source: Advice from successful people

Arabella smiled grimly as she resumed her way, and practised dimple-making all along the road from where the pollard willows begin to the old almshouses in the first street of the town.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

Parallel with the city walls on Park Street is a beautiful example of 1650 timber-framed architecture, known as " The Nine Houses" , these Almshouses were built by the local merchant Thomas Aldersey to provide homes for the poor and elderly people.

Source: Memory Traveler

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