Asylum
[ə'saɪləm]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any place of retreat and security.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of refuge.[2]. Charitable institution.
Editor: Will
Definition
n. a place of refuge for debtors and for such as were accused of some crime: an institution for the care or relief of the unfortunate such as the blind or insane: any place of refuge or protection.
Typist: Xavier
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of an asylum, denotes sickness and unlucky dealings, which cannot be overcome without great mental struggle.
Checked by Eli
Examples
- Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He was the owner of the Lunatic Asylum. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Why, this is a private asylum! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The next day she proceeded to the Asylum, which was situated not far from London on the northern side of the metropolis. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And issuing from my asylum with precaution, I sought a back-stairs which conducted directly to the kitchen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That evening (the evening of the 27th) Madame Rubelle and I took our revived Anne Catherick to the Asylum. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- YOU don't think I ought to be back in the Asylum, do you? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Is there no doubt in your mind that the person who confined her in the Asylum was Sir Percival Glyde? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I met her on the night when she escaped from the Asylum, and I assisted her in reaching a place of safety. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- V She has escaped from my Asylum! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The motive of your shutting up the daughter in the asylum is now plain enough to me, but the manner of her escape is not quite so clear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The honeymoon over, I learned my mistake; she was only mad, and shut up in a lunatic asylum. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Does Miss Halcombe assert her supposed sister's identity to the owner of the Asylum, and take legal means for rescuing her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She has escaped from my Asylum. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Political troubles in France, at last, led the family again to seek an asylum in this country. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Edited by Georgina