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Magdalene asylums

Magdalene asylums is the plural of Magdalene asylum.

Meaning of Magdalene asylum

Noun

Magdalene asylum (plural Magdalene asylums)

  1. (historical) A religious prison for prostitutes and unmarried mothers, usually as a source of forced labour.

Questions about Magdalene asylums

What is Magdalene asylums the plural of?
Magdalene asylums is the plural of Magdalene asylum.

Words near Magdalene asylums in the dictionary

  1. Magdalen hospital
  2. Magdalen hospitals
  3. Magdalena
  4. magdalene
  5. Magdalene asylum
  6. Magdalene asylums
  7. Magdalene hospital
  8. Magdalene hospitals
  9. Magdalene Islands
  10. Magdalene laundries
  11. Magdalene laundry

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