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hôtel-Dieu
[ oh-tel-dyœ ]
noun
, French.
, plural hô·tels-Dieu [oh-tel-, dyœ].
- 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.
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When we came to the Hôtel Dieu she leaned back pallid against the stone.
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He abolished an obstructive privilege by which the Hôtel Dieu had the exclusive right of selling meat during Lent.
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The Americans passed under the height where stands the Hôtel Dieu.
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Such was, Gentlemen, the normal state of the old Hôtel Dieu.
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