Definition of Prison house

1. Noun. A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.

Exact synonyms: Prison
Generic synonyms: Situation, State Of Affairs

2. Noun. A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment.
Exact synonyms: Prison
Specialized synonyms: Bastille, Chokey, Choky, Nick, Panopticon, State Prison
Terms within: Cellblock, Ward
Generic synonyms: Correctional Institution
Specialized synonyms: Newgate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prison House

prison-bound
prison-breaking
prison bitches
prison camp
prison cell
prison cells
prison chaplain
prison chaser
prison chasers
prison farm
prison gang
prison gangs
prison guard
prison guards
prison house (current term)
prison labor
prison term
prisonbreak
prisoned
prisoner
prisoner's base
prisoner-of-war
prisoner of war
prisoner of war camp
prisoner of war censorship
prisonerlike
prisoners
prisoners of war
prisonguard

Literary usage of Prison house

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

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Under each Institution, as state prison, house of correction, etc. acct. shows itemized receipts and expenditures. DELINQUENTS: MINORS 1880-1889. ..."

2. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"gentleman who is only escaping on ticket-of-leave from the prison-house of respectability, and is quite unequal to a personal conflict with ' blazing ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"V.— The Prison-House Unmasked: in a Letter to Her Mott Gracious Majesty, shewing that Arrest and Imprisonment for Debt are Violations of Magna Charta, ..."

4. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"... prison-house I sang praises to my God, and esteemed the bolts and locks upon me as jewels. And, friends, this I must once again testify to you, ..."

5. The Gospel of Matthew: An Exposition by Arno Clemens Gaebelein (1907)
"... led forth miraculously from the prison house, knocked at the door of the praying assembly and Rhoda maintained that Peter stood outside, they said "It ..."

6. Revelations of Prison Life: With an Enquiry Into Prison Discipline and by George Laval Chesterton (1856)
"AN ABLE COADJUTOR THE SECRETS OF THE prison house—THE NEW POLICE—A DECISIVE STEP. MR. SIMS, the new chief turnkey, proved to be exactly suited to the office ..."

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