Plural of bedehouse; multiple medieval hospitals or almshouses providing lodging for the poor and sick.
Plural form of 'bedehouse,' following standard English pluralization rules for compound nouns ending in 'house,' referring to a network of charitable institutions.
In medieval towns, you'd find multiple bedehouses run by the church or wealthy guilds—they were early examples of social infrastructure, showing that communities recognized obligations to care for their poor and sick members.
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