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Webster 1913 Edition

Infirmary

In-firm′a-ry

(ĭn-fẽrm′ȧ-ry̆)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Infirmaries

(-rĭz)

.

[Cf. OE.

fermerie

, OF.

enfermerie

, F.

infirmerie

, LL.

infirmaria

. See

.]

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

Webster 1828 Edition

Infirmary

INFIRMARY

,

Noun.

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