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asylum
(mass) | asylum
- azyl |
asylum
(encz) | asylum,azyl n: [obec.] mamm |
asylum
(encz) | asylum,blázinec |
asylum
(encz) | asylum,útočiště |
Asylum
(gcide) | Asylum \A*sy"lum\, n.; pl. E. Asylums, L. Asyla. [L. asylum,
Gr. ?, fr. ? exempt from spoliation, inviolable; 'a priv. + ?
right of seizure.]
1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where
criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they
could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
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So sacred was the church to some, that it had the
right of an asylum or sanctuary. --Ayliffe.
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Note: The name was anciently given to temples, altars,
statues of the gods, and the like. In later times
Christian churches were regarded as asylums in the same
sense.
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2. Any place of retreat and security.
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Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold
bosom. --Southey.
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3. 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.
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asylum
(wn) | asylum
n 1: a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: refuge,
sanctuary, asylum]
2: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
[syn: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, {mental
institution}, institution, mental home, insane asylum,
asylum] |
ASYLUM
(bouvier) | ASYLUM. A place, of refuge where debtors and criminals fled for safety.
2. At one time, in Europe, churches and other consecrated places served
as asylums, to the disgrace of the law. These never protected criminals in
the United States. It may be questioned whether the house of an ambassador
(q.v.) would not afford protection temporarily, to a person who should take
refuge there.
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