Definition of Death house

1. Noun. The cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution.

Exact synonyms: Death Row
Generic synonyms: Cellblock, Ward

Definition of Death house

1. Noun. ''Syn.'' death row. ¹

2. Noun. A holding area in a prison for condemned prisoners in the time immediately prior to execution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Death House

death chamber
death clock
death clocks
death cup
death duty
death erection
death erections
death factor
death factors
death futures
death grip
death grips
death growl
death grunt
death grunts
death house
death instinct
death knell
death knells
death march
death mask
death masks
death metal
death panel
death panels
death penalty
death phase
death rate
death rattle
death ray

Literary usage of Death house

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

1. A History of Germanic Private Law by Rudolf Hübner, Francis Samuel Philbrick, Paul Vinogradoff, William Emanuel Walz (1918)
"This was likewise required to be demanded within a year and a day, since " the death-house remained open " for that period only. Here again the one claiming ..."

2. Encyclopedia of Biography of New York: A Life Record of Men and Women Whose by Charles Elliott Fitch (1916)
"An innocent man convicted of a murder under a death sentence in the death house ; the real man who committed the murder and confessed it, had been tried for ..."

3. The Subterranean Brotherhood by Julian Hawthorne (1914)
"Civilization has progressed wonderfully, but always with this death-house on its back. And the death-house gets bigger and more populous every year. ..."

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