"house of correction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: houses of correction [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|houses of correction}} 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. Tags: UK, historical Related terms: approved school, poorhouse, prison, reformatory Translations (penitentiary facility): huis van correctie [neuter] (Dutch), correctie (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-house_of_correction-en-noun-0JHpmPvy Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'penitentiary facility': 84 16
  2. (US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-house_of_correction-en-noun-YYhvBp9g Categories (other): American English, Maryland English, Massachusetts English

Inflected forms

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