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单词 almshouse
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Examples from literature
  • Once at the wish of a friend I was visiting I went to carry some comforts to a neglected almshouse on a Western prairie.
  • She soon earned quite a sum of money, which she placed at interest in the bank, and she was then able to take her grandmother out of the almshouse.
  • The church and Court are beautifully placed above the old village and a picturesque group of almshouses line the upward way to them.
  • Their monasteries were mission stations, which resembled ours in being dispensaries for the sick, almshouses for the poor, and nurseries of learning.
  • There are numerous convents, almshouses, and schools.

Examplesofalmshouse

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Many made no pretence of looking for work upon arrival, and instead went directly to thealmshouse.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Almshouseresidents were routinely required to dress in ' sad colours ' in keeping with the ancient religious heritage of these institutions and the standing of the inhabitants.
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Baltimore opened itsalmshousein 1773.
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There was a beautiful seventeenth centuryalmshousewhich, like many of those we have in this country, had become unfit to live in.
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The charities comprise, among other things, the running of almshouses, the maintenance of certain pensioners, relief for the poor and certain work for young people.
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Almshouses perhaps should be mentioned, because they have their own part to play in this subject.
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I am not certain about the application to the case where trustees own almshouses, and where a tenancy does not exist.
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As there are five inmates of the almshouses, that is approximately a clear income of£40 a year each.
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We must not run away with the idea that all almshouses are bad; some of them are very good indeed.
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I think some of the builders of the old almshouses in our country towns and villages possibly did better work than they knew.
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Now the tendency is reversed and many of these so-called almshouses are empty because people to place in them cannot be found.
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Because their condition and situation were no longer considered satisfactory, the almshouses have been sold.
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The whole site comprises approximately five acres and included within its confines are twenty-two almshouses, at present held under requisition by the council.
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Eachalmshouseis different, and the trustees know the local conditions best.
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The tenants of almshouses will be able to apply for rebates of up to 80 per cent, if their incomes are low.
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