🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

빈민 구호소

Pronunciation / Transliteration: binmin guhoso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Almshouse/ˈɑːmz.haʊs/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 자선 구호소는 노인들에게 안식처를 제공합니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A house built by a charitable foundation or a local benefactor to provide free or low-cost housing for poor elderly people.

    "Several elderly residents have lived in the historic almshouse by the village church for decades."
  2. 2

    A charitable institution providing communal housing and support for those in financial need.

    "The local trust manages a network of almshouses offering both shelter and community care."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'ælmesḥūs', combining 'ælmesse' (alms, charitable relief from Late Latin 'elemosyna') and 'hūs' (house). Historically established in medieval England as charitable housing funded by endowments to shelter the elderly, infirm, or destitute.

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