💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Poorhouses"
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| workhousesnoun | (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work. |
| almshousenoun | A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church, and usually funded by charitable donations. |
| asylumsnoun | A place of safety or refuge. |
| almshousesnoun | A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church, and usually funded by charitable donations. |
| pauperismnoun | The state of being a pauper; poverty. |
| pigstiesnoun | (colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place. |
| hovelsnoun | (derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. |
| destitutenoun | Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so. |
| ghettoesnoun | An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race. |
| infirmariesnoun | A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse. |
| squalornoun | Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty |
| aristocraciesnoun | The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class. |
| destitutionnoun | An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support. |
| vicaragesnoun | (countable) The residence of a vicar. |
| kulaksnoun | — |
| stockadesnoun | (military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts. |
| foundlingsnoun | An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place. |
| slavesnoun | a 1969 American drama film co-written and directed by Herbert Biberman. |
| serfsnoun | A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights. |
| parsonagesnoun | The residence of the minister of a parish. |
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