ASYLUM
\ɐsˈa͡ɪləm], \ɐsˈaɪləm], \ɐ_s_ˈaɪ_l_ə_m]\
Definitions of ASYLUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Any place of retreat and security.
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An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
By Oddity Software
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Any place of retreat and security.
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An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
By Noah Webster.
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A legal status granted to an individual who is in the United States and fears political persecution if he or she is forced to return to their home country.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A place of refuge for debtors and for such as were accused of some crime: an institution for the care or relief of the unfortunate, such as the blind or insane: any place of refuge or protection.
By Daniel Lyons
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A refuge; a charitable institution for invalids.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A place of refuge for those who are sick or afflicted in any way calling for special care and protection.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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