asylum

asylum
   an institution for the mentally ill
   Originally, a place where pillage was sacrilegious, which is why there was so much fuss about Henry IF s murder of Becket. Then it became a safe place or benevolent institution. Now a shortened form of lunatic asylum:
    'You don't think I ought to be in the Asylum, do you?' she said. (W. Collins, 1860)

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  • Asylum — may refer:* Psychiatric hospital, once known as an insane asylum or mental asylum, is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness * Destitute Asylum, an institution built in the 1850s in Adelaide, Australia for… …   Wikipedia

  • Asylum — (в переводе с англ.  «убежище», латинского происхождения)  многозначный термин. В музыке Asylum (альбом Disturbed), 2010. Asylum (сингл Disturbed), 2010. Asylum (альбом Kiss), 1985. Asylum (альбом Legendary Pink Dots) (англ.)русск …   Википедия

  • asylum — asy·lum /ə sī ləm/ n: protection from arrest and extradition given esp. to political refugees by a nation or by an embassy or other agency that has diplomatic immunity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. asylum …   Law dictionary

  • ASYLUM — templum a Romulo aedificatum. Graece Α῎συλον, habet affinitatem cum Ebraeo Gap desc: Hebrew quod est nemus. Et silvas interdum fuisse Asylum, vel fidem fecerit hoc Maronis Virg. Aen. l. 8. v. 342. Hinc lucum ingentem, quem Romulus acer Asylum… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Asylum — A*sy lum, n.; pl. E. {Asylums}, L. {Asyla}. [L. asylum, Gr. ?, fr. ? exempt from spoliation, inviolable; a priv. + ? right of seizure.] 1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Asylum — ist der Titel: eines britischen Horrorfilms von 1972, siehe Asylum (1972) eines US amerikanischen Dokumentarfilms von 2003, siehe Asylum (Kurzfilm) eines Computerspiels von 1981, siehe Asylum (Computerspiel) eines Films von David Mackenzie von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Asylum — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Asylum (1985) album de Kiss Publicación 16 de septiembre de 1985 Grabación Junio Julio de 1985 …   Wikipedia Español

  • asylum — 1. The word is no longer used, except with historical reference, of a psychiatric hospital, which is now typically called clinic, psychiatric unit, or simply hospital or by its name. The principal use of asylum now is to denote the status (in… …   Modern English usage

  • asylum — early 15c., earlier asile (late 14c.), from L. asylum sanctuary, from Gk. asylon refuge, noun use of neut. of asylos inviolable, safe from violence, especially of persons seeking protection, from a without + syle right of seizure. So literally an …   Etymology dictionary

  • asylum — [n1] refuge cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower*, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter; concepts 435,515 asylum [n2] psychiatric hospital institution, loony bin*, madhouse* …   New thesaurus

  • Asylum —    Drame fantastique de Roy Ward Baker, avec Patrick Magee, Peter Cushing, Charlotte Rampling.   Pays: Grande Bretagne   Date de sortie: 1972   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 28    Résumé    Dans un hôpital psychiatrique, un médecin doit… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

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