hôtel-Dieu

noun

The chief hospital in a French city.

OriginFrench hôtel-Dieu →
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Meanings

nounhôtel-Dieu (plural hôtels-Dieu or hôtel-Dieus)

plural hôtels-Dieu · plural hôtel-Dieus · alternative hotel-Dieu

  1. historicalThe chief hospital in a French city.

    When she arrived in each town, she checked whether a Hôtel-Dieu existed, and visited the five that she found.

    2017, Alison Forrestal, Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform

Origin

  1. Frenchhôtel-Dieu
  2. Englishhôtel-Dieu

Borrowed from French hôtel-Dieu.

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Chicago

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