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Word entry · 6 letters

asylum

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"Place of refuge"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /əˈsaɪləm/Part of speech nounSorted almsuyStarts with AEnds with M1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Word origin

From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

Used in a sentence

  • It was she who in the last few years had spread abroad the notion that Charles Nagle, in the public interest, should be asylumed.
  • We have..sheltered its paupers, asylumed its orphans, clothed its nakedness.

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