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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lombard-house

· Lom·bard-house · IPA
01 n. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
  1. 1.
    A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
  2. 2.
    A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété. Also: mont de piété