infirmary
noun
a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital.
infirmaries
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pluralof infirmary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hospitals’ infirmaries are facing greatest demand at the moment, and no longer their intensive-care units as occurred last year, according to Alberto Chebabo, the vice-president of the Brazilian society of infectious disease specialists.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
The injured were diverted to workhouse infirmaries to be treated after Swansea General Hospital was bombed.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2021
The tide overwhelmed camp hospitals, relief organizations built temporary infirmaries, and the Army converted barracks to house battalions of sickened men.
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
There were government hospitals as well: The infirmaries that grew out of the much-despised workhouses of the 19th century.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2016
Were the SS really going to leav e hundreds of prisoners behind in the infirmaries, pending the arrival of their liberators?
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
