sanatory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sanatory
1825–35; < Late Latin sānātōrius healthful, equivalent to Latin sānā ( re ) to heal (derivative of sānus sane ) + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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Similarly, the mares who win races as fillies, are not allowed to waste their strength in being ridden or driven, but are tended under sanatory conditions for the sole purpose of bearing offspring.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton
The board is thus furnished with a sanatory report from one officer, and a report upon circumstances from the other.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
‘Indeed, I objected to entering in the guise of flaming meteors both on reverential and sanatory grounds.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
It is also possible that policy dictated these sanatory enactments.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
A sanatory line of troops, stationed on our frontier to preserve France from the contagion of the yellow-fever which had broken out in Catalonia, soon grew into an army of observation.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole
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