bedehuus

Middle Dutch

Noun

bedehuus n

1. house of worship, temple, church
   • 1260s, Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen, ed. Moltzer et al (1873), page 300, lines 9142 to 9144.

     Doer dese vrese, doer desen noot / Was ghesent Euripulus / Te Delphos in Apollinis bedehuus.

     Because of this fear, because of this plight / Euripulus was sent / To Delphos into Apollo's temple.

Descendants

• Dutch: bedehuis