Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bedehouse \Bede"house`\, n.
   Same as {Beadhouse}.

Beadhouse \Bead"house`\, Bedehouse \Bede"house`\, n. [OE. bede
   prayer + E. house. See {Bead}, n.]
   An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their
   benefactors.