| 单词 | house of mercy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse of mercy house of mercy n. [originally after Middle French, French †hostel de misericorde (1600 in the passage translated in quot. 1607; now hôtel de miséricorde ); compare slightly earlier house of piety n. at Phrases 3a(b)] any of various charitable institutions caring for the sick or needy; in later use spec. (often with capital initials) a home for reformed prostitutes, unmarried mothers, etc.; a Magdalene house. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge > for women or orphans preservatory1758 house of mercy1767 refuge1974 1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 71 The Constable was carried to his lodging called the house of Mercy [Fr. Hostel de Misericorde] (it is now the house of Guise, as the historie obserues) all wounded. 1680 J. Chamberlaine Sacred Poem 35 Within the Town there stood..An House of Mercy, where the Blind and Lame, And Wither'd Persons lay. 1767 W. Dodd Poems 151 Through man's seducing shame; This house of mercy [sc. the Magdalen-House] is procur'd. 1838 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 1 346 The House of Mercy...embraces an asylum for aged men and women, orphan children, male and female, lunatics, poor married couples. 1868 Nat. Gazetteer I. 595 Clewer,..There is..a penitentiary, called the House of Mercy, founded in 1849. 1971 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 40 377 A select school for girls..provided the wherewithal to build..a House of Mercy adjoining their convent, where they cared for destitute and friendless girls. 2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Mar. 8 The Tralee nuns opened a ‘house of Mercy’ providing day accommodation for young women at risk. < as lemmas |
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