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hôtel-Dieu

[ oh-tel-dyœ ]

/ oʊ tɛlˈdyœ /

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noun, plural hô·tels-Dieu [oh-tel-dyœ] /oʊ tɛlˈdyœ/. French.

a hospital.

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Origin of hôtel-Dieu

literally, mansion of God

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for hotel-dieu

At the Hotel-Dieu there is a Sallambier ward which perpetuates his memory.
Balzac|Frederick Lawton
The chapel of the religiouses of the Hotel-Dieu, is situated behind the high altar.
Rouen, It's History and Monuments|Thodore Licquet
And the devout sisters of the Hotel-Dieu, not fearing death, worked piously and humbly, not out of regard for any worldly honour.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet
A surgeon, a pupil of Gall's came, and our house surgeon, and the head physician from the Hotel-Dieu.
Father Goriot|Honore de Balzac

He got the native of Cantal into the Hotel-Dieu, where he took the greatest care of him.
The Atheist's Mass|Honore de Balzac