noun
- a publicly maintained home for poor or elderly people
Usage: historical; chiefly British
Examples
- The old almshouse was converted into a museum.
- Many elderly residents lived in the village almshouse.
- The charity established an almshouse for destitute families.
- Records show the almshouse housed over fifty people.
- The Victorian almshouse still stands on Main Street.
- Local taxes funded the construction of the new almshouse.