Meaning of hospital | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. lodging for travelers
   archaic, neuter, obsolete
2. leprosarium; care facility for the leprous
   archaic, neuter
3. care facility for the elderly, disabled, and sick
   archaic, neuter, obsolete
4. mental hospital
   archaic, neuter, obsolete

Exempel

“Hennes person kan liknas vid ett hospital, som utanpå är likt ett nymåladt palats, men hyser inom sig död, sjukdom och förskräckelse; […]”

Her person may be likened to a leprosarium, which on the outside is like a newly painted palace, but harbors within it death, disease, and horror; […]

“Mången tror den är ett hospital, då han ser så många dårar samla sig uti dess stora gästningssal, och, som blinda, kring dess väggar famla.”

Many believe it's a madhouse, when they see so many fools gather, in its large reception hall, and, like the blind, stumble around its walls.

“Hvar har ni fått de der idéerna ifrån? ni måtte ha rymt från något hospital i Frankrike?”

Where did you get those ideas from? you must have escaped from some mental institution in France?

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