| 单词 | magdalene home |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMagdalene home Magdalene home n. (also Magdalene's home) now historical = Magdalene house n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes Maudlin house1595 maudlin1603 maudlin hospital1680 Magdalene charity1758 Magdalene house1758 Magdalene hospital1759 Magdalene1766 Magdalene Society1800 penitentiary1806 Magdalene asylum1818 rescue home1855 Magdalene home1901 Magdalene ward1904 1901 Daily Chron. 14 Aug. 5/7 These institutions are Magdalene homes. 1906 J. Joyce Let. 13 Nov. (1966) II. 192 It is run by a society of Protestant spinsters..as a Magdalen's home. 1980 F. K. Prochaska Women & Philanthropy in 19th-cent. Eng. ii. vi. 188 The dramatic growth in rescue societies and Magdalene homes; the latter jumped in number from 60 in 1856 to 308 fifty years later. < as lemmas |
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