almshouse
Home for indigents
An almshouse is a charitable residence providing housing for the poor, elderly, or infirm.
Historically funded by religious institutions, guilds, or wealthy benefactors, almshouses offered shelter to those who couldn't support themselves: The old almshouse on Church Street has been converted to apartments.
The term is now largely historical, replaced by concepts like public housing or assisted living.
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
hardship · privation · neediness · want · pauper · poor · needy · destitute
Generous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
patronage · donation · gift · grant · foundation · benefactor · sponsor · goodwill
Dwellings or protective covering
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- refugePlace of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
haven · residence · quarters · dormitory · hostel · asylum · retreat · roof
Shelter for the destitute
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- VictorianOf a prim era
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
heritage · landmark · preservation · restoration · conservation · architecture · settlement · antiquity
Advanced in age
retirement · caregiver · companionship · convalescence · nursing · respite · geriatric · almswoman
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
- penuryExtreme lack of money
impoverishment · hardship · privation · neediness · want · pauper · poor · needy · destitute · dispossession
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
benefaction · patronage · donation · gift · grant · foundation · benefactor · sponsor · goodwill · altruism
housing
Dwellings or protective covering
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- refugePlace of safety
sanctuary · haven · residence · quarters · dormitory · hostel · asylum · retreat · roof · dwelling
poorhouse
Shelter for the destitute
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- VictorianOf a prim era
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
Elizabethan · heritage · landmark · preservation · restoration · conservation · architecture · settlement · antiquity · monument
elderly
Advanced in age
senior · retirement · caregiver · companionship · convalescence · nursing · respite · geriatric · almswoman · almsman
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
- historic buildingsfarmhouse, heritage building, landmark, cottage, manor
- historic dwellingslonghouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage, mud hut
- house typescabin, bungalow, chalet, farmhouse, ranch
- Victorian Englandworkhouse, parlor, drawing room, scullery, townhouse
- British buildingssemi-detached, farmhouse, thatched cottage, stone cottage, bungalow
almshouseworkhouse
Institution housing poor laborers
poorhouse · debtors' prison · house of correction · penal colony · prison
almshousemansion
Large, stately home
palace · manor house · stately home · estate · villa
almshouseprivate residence