bridewell in English

noun
1
a prison for petty offenders such as a reform school.
They were hauled off to the barracks, spent the night in the bridewell , and the next day were convicted.

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1. What is the definition of Bridewell? What is the meaning of Bridewell? How do you use Bridewell in a sentence? What are synonyms for Bridewell?

2. What is the definition of Bridewell? What is the meaning of Bridewell? How do you use Bridewell in a sentence? What are synonyms for Bridewell?

3. Bridewell Palace, London; later a prison, the original "Bridewell".; a village lock-up; Central Police Station, Bristol, originally a Bridewell

4. Bridewell definition is - prison

5. Bridewell may refer to: Buildings

6. How to use Bridewell in a sentence

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8. In 1840 there were 3 Bridewell families living in Indiana

9. The most Bridewell families were found in the UK in 1891

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11. Bridewell archaic term for a prison or reform school for petty offenders

12. Bridewell (brīd`wəl), area in London, England, between Fleet St

13. Bridewell works in Orlando, FL and specializes in Gynecology and Nurse Practitioner

14. The Bridewell at Berkeley was certainly in existence by 1672 and, like other similarly named institutions established at this time, followed the model of the original Bridewell in London

15. Bridewell is affiliated with Florida Hospital Orlando and Arnold Palmer Hospital For Children.

16. Graffiti has been sprayed on Bridewell Police Station and police dogs have been

17. Plural of bridewell Synonyms & Antonyms of Bridewells a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the citadel was later converted into a bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population

18. Bridewell definition: a house of correction ; jail , esp for minor offences Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

19. The Bridewell family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1840 and 1920

20. The Bridewell Taxis (later The Bridewells) were a Leeds-based british rock group formed in 1988

21. Since her son Alan Rehrig was murdered 23 years ago, Rehrig has believed that Bridewell was culpable in …

22. The citadel was later converted into a Bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population

23. > Borough, Bridewells, Compters, Houses of Correction, Liberty Gaols and Town Gaols > Odiham Bridewell

24. Bridewell (n.) "prison," 1550s, from Bridewell, house of correction in London, originally a royal lodging (built by Henry VIII, given by Edward VI for a hospital, later converted to a prison) near Bride's Well, short for St

25. The original Bridewell, from John Strype’s An Accurate Edition of Stow’s Survey of London (1720) Bridewells had a shocking reputation

26. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, Bridewell diamonds & jewelry has been family owned and operated since 1990

27. Bridewell specializes in dog boarding, cat boarding, pet grooming and more for the areas of Novato, San Rafael and Marin County

28. Specialties: Bridewell Diamonds is a full service jeweler based in the heart of the Jewelry District in downtown Los Angeles

29. Bridewell is a common noun meaning jail, (now archaic,) a surname, and the proper name of a number of jails.

30. Bridewell Hilltop Boarding Kennels & Cattery is dedicated exclusively to the care of dogs, cats, and small animals other than reptiles

31. Bridewell Chapel was united with St Bride, Fleet Street in 1864.' 'Bridewell Chapel, is an antient, and was formerly a Royal Chapel; for this spacious Court was antiently the Royal Palace of King John, in 1210, and other Kings of England, where the Parliaments sate; and here King Henry Eighth most magnificently entertained the Emperor Charles

32. Bridewell (noun) a house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St

33. Bridewell are a NCSC Certified Cyber Security Consultancy, ensuring our services meet the NCSC’s standard for high quality, tailored cyber security advice.

34. Bridewell Stone is created by mixing pure Earth Elements at 2450F, causing the elements to to bloom crystalline formations in the man made magma.

35. Laurie Bridewell is a practicing attorney with more than thirty years of experience, and currently is in private practice with her own law firm in Lake Village

36. Mellie Bridewell currently works for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the Director of the Office of Strategic Management and serves as the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership’s Chief Executive Officer

37. C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co

38. Bridewell (plural Bridewells) (Sometimes capitalised) (dated in Britain, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells.2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p

39. Judge Bridewell served as a District Judge for Chicot County from 2009 to 2016, and also served as the City Attorney for Lake Village for more than twenty years.

40. N (Law) a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences [C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

41. And the Thames River.The Bridewell house of correction, demolished in 1863, was on the site of a palace built under Henry VIII and given by Edward VI to the City of London in 1553 for use as a training school for homeless apprentices.

42. The City of Chicago was responsible for detaining offenders who were arrested in Chicago for less serious crimes, like public drunkenness, fighting, and disturbing the peace,at the city “Bridewell”, (an old English word for a jail used to house inmates on a short term basis).

43. Bridewell was the perfect replacement for Westminster: it was situated on the river so the king could easily reach it by barge, it was quite large and much more modern than Westminster and like Richmond and Greenwich, it was connected directly to a friary – The London Blackfriars

44. N (Law) a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences [C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014