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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFIRMARY, n. inferm'ary. A hospital or place where the sick are lodged and nursed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: hospital, infirmary]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ries) Date: 15th century a place where the infirm or sick are lodged for care and treatment

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hospital. 2 a place for those who are ill in a monastery, school, etc. Etymology: med.L infirmaria (as INFIRM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Infirmary In*firm"a*ry ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"[.a]*r[y^]), n.; pl. Infirmaries (-r[i^]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See Infirm.] A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(infirmaries) Some hospitals are called infirmaries. Mrs Hardie had been taken to the infirmary in an ambulance. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES

Moby Thesaurus

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