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hôtel-Dieu

[ oh-tel-dyœ ]

noun

, French.
, plural hô·tels-Dieu [oh-tel-, dyœ].
  1. a hospital.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hôtel-Dieu1

Literally, “mansion of God”

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Example Sentences

I have been a servant of the Hôtel Dieu fourteen years, monsieur the marquis, and have not yet seen all the marble slabs vacant.

When we came to the Hôtel Dieu she leaned back pallid against the stone.

He abolished an obstructive privilege by which the Hôtel Dieu had the exclusive right of selling meat during Lent.

The Americans passed under the height where stands the Hôtel Dieu.

Such was, Gentlemen, the normal state of the old Hôtel Dieu.

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