All 3 Uses of
infirmary
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- There were photographs on the wall of his office in the Hubbard Infirmary—they were old black-and-white photographs of the clockfaces on the church spires in Zurich; and photographs of the water birds in the Limmat, and of the people feeding the birds from those funny, arched footbridges.†
p. 311.4infirmary = a small facility where patients receive treatment
- Dan Needham described Mr. Tubulari as "already senseless, before his fall," but the track-and-field coach severely sprained his ankle in the mishap and had to be carried to the Hubbard Infirmary.†
p. 397.4 *
- The headmaster was confined to the Hubbard Infirmary for the remainder of the day; the nurses, and the school doctor, wanted to keep him—for observation—overnight, but the headmaster threatened to fire all of them if he was not released.†
p. 400.8
Definition:
a small facility where patients receive treatment -- such as a room or two at a school as contrasted to a busy hospital or medical clinic