hôtel-Dieu
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French hôtel-Dieu.
Noun[edit]
hôtel-Dieu (plural hôtels-Dieu)
- (historical) The chief hospital in a French city.
- 2017, Alison Forrestal, Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform:
- When she arrived in each town, she checked whether a Hôtel-Dieu existed, and visited the five that she found.
References[edit]
- A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms[1], 1972, page 240
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “hostel [of] God”, such hospitals usually being run by religious orders.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hôtel-Dieu m (plural hôtels-Dieu)
References[edit]
- “hôtel-Dieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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