单词 | maternity home |
释义 | > as lemmasmaternity home maternity home n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > maternity hospital maternity hospital1852 maternity1889 maternity home1893 1893 Catholic World Mar. 869 There are fourteen homes divided into three classes, one for the better class of girls, one for mothers and children, one as a Maternity Home, and the rest for the rougher class of inmates. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 652/1 The supervision of midwifery, including the establishment of maternity homes. 1967 Encycl. Brit. XV. 66/1 Increasing grants have been made by some governments for the construction of free maternity homes or maternity wards in general hospitals. < as lemmas |
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