| 单词 | abiding house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabiding house abiding house n. now historical an almshouse, a poorhouse; (also) a dwelling. ΚΠ 1592–3 Act 35 Eliz. c. 7 §9 To the use of the Poore as for the Provision Sustentacion or Mayntenance of anye House of Correction or Abiding Houses. 1597–8 Stat. 39 Eliz. v An Acte for erecting of Hospitalles, or abiding and working Howses for the poor. 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 369 On the East side of this lane standeth a large house, of auncient building, sometime belonging to the Abbot of S. Mary in Yorke, and was his abiding house when he came to London. 1881 Times 6 Dec. 4/2 A charity..for the benefit of certain poor persons, and styled a hospital or abiding-house for the poor in the parish of St. Nicholas. 1927 Eng. Hist. Rev. 42 166 In the event of any users of the town stock proving intractable, unwilling to work, spoiling or embezzling materials, a justice of the peace could, upon complaint, order the offender to an ‘abiding house’. 2001 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 6 July a13 ‘Indoor relief’ for the impotent poor was provided in abiding houses or almshouses. < as lemmas |
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