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Definition of Beadhouses
1. beadhouse [n] - See also: beadhouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beadhouses
Literary usage of Beadhouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of by Eneas Mackenzie, M. Ross (1834)
"beadhouses—This establishment was founded by Bishop Cosins, ... The beadhouses
are kept in repair by the bishop, who makes their inmates a gift of 10s. ..."
2. Records of the Committees for Compounding, Etc.: With Delinquent Royalists by Richard Welford, Great Britain Committee for Compounding with Delinquents (1643-1660). (1905)
"272, 287n, 385, 386*, 386n, 387*, 388*; Eob., 386* beadhouses Charity, 95n Beal,
306 Beamish, xxxiii, 68185n, 232n, 243n, 254m, 292m, 388, ..."
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