infirmarian
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of infirmarian
First recorded in 1660–70; infirm(ary) + -arian
Example Sentences
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As if to add to their misery, sickness now became general, and Sister Bourgeois was alternately priest and infirmarian, eight persons having died in her arms.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
She took the girl to her room and sent for the sister infirmarian.
From The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher
Now, on one of the last days of her life, Soeur Thérèse, scarcely able to speak owing to her great weakness, received through the infirmarian a bouquet of flowers.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) Taylor
“The infirmarian tells me that you wish to say something to me.”
From 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story by John E. Copus
My nineteenth birthday was saddened by the death of Mother Sub-Prioress; I assisted with the infirmarian during her agony, and two more deaths quickly followed.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) Taylor
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