noun
definition
A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
definition
A clinic or dispensary within another institution.
Examples of infirmaries in a Sentence
There are several infirmaries and hospitals, and a sanatorium for children.
In Great Britain nearly all the general and special hospitals and many of the poor-law infirmaries offer systematic professional training to nurses.
A collection of animals must be compared with public institutions such as barracks, or infirmaries.
Next comes that of Friedrichshain, also built on the pavilion system, while the state controls six (not including the prison infirmaries) of which the world-renowned Charite in the Luisen-strasse is the principal.
The principal duties of this board are to examine the condition and the management of such institutions and report to the governor; and county and city authorities must submit to it for criticism all plans for new jails, public infirmaries, and hospitals.