Medieval Glossary

Infirmary

This is the place in the monastery that housed aged or ill monks.

Related term(s): Monastery; Refectory; Calefactory; Scriptorium
Category: Western Christianity
Added: 01.07.05
Last modified: 02.09.05
Source information: Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Medieval Europe. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999. 152.

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