The Collaborative International 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.
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n. (plural of infirmary English)
Usage examples of "infirmaries".
The three second-floor infirmaries were full, with a hundred patients in each.
There's people in the infirmaries who are all better-they're going home," Sandry reminded Daja.
His next inquiry ascertained that all four ship's infirmaries did indeed keep portable synthesizers in inventory as standard equipment.
But she was dying slowly of a lung and brain ailment which had put her into workhouse infirmaries occasionally and siphoned much of what she earned on the streets for medicines.
We'll try the hospitals, the workhouse infirmaries, anywhere Catlin might have gone seeking medical attention.
We’ll try the hospitals, the workhouse infirmaries, anywhere Catlin might have gone seeking medical attention.