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houses of correction

houses of correction is the plural of house of correction.

Meaning of house of correction

Noun

house of correction (plural houses of correction)

  1. (UK, historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
  2. (US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.

Questions about houses of correction

What is houses of correction the plural of?
Houses of correction is the plural of house of correction.

Words near houses of correction in the dictionary

  1. houses of assembly
  2. houses of assignation
  3. houses of call
  4. houses of cards
  5. houses of commons
  6. houses of correction
  7. houses of detention
  8. houses of ease
  9. houses of easement
  10. houses of God
  11. houses of horrors

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