asylumn.

Brit.

/əˈsʌɪləm/, U.S.

/əˈsaɪləm/

Forms: Plural asylums (also in senses 1, 2, asyla). Forms: Middle English–1600s asilum, 1600s assylum, 1700s azylum, 1600s– asylum.

Etymology: < Latin asȳlum, < Greek ἄσῡλον refuge, sanctuary, neuter of adjective ἄσῡλος inviolable, < ἀ privative + σύλη , σῦλον right of seizure. Compare asyle n.

1. A sanctuary or inviolable place of refuge and protection for criminals and debtors, from which they cannot be forcibly removed without sacrilege.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > inviolable refuge, sanctuary, or asylum > an asylum or sanctuary

frithsoken1014

gritha1300

sanctuaryc1374

city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425

grith-placea1425

grith-stonea1425

grith-towna1425

asylumc1430

abbey1675

flemensfirth1805

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ii. xxviii. 65 a A territory that called was Asile. This Asilum..Was a place of refuge and succours..For to receyue all foreyn trespassours.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. viii. 7 Romulus..set up a sanctuarie or lawlesse church, called Asylum.

1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. vi. 145 How far those Asyla's and Sanctuaries were good and useful.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) We even read of Asylums at Lyons and Vienne among the ancient Gauls.

1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. ii. 197 Some were asyla for all men, and others were appropriated to particular persons and crimes.

2. gen. A secure place of refuge, shelter, or retreat.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge

havenc1225

infleeinga1300

leinda1300

harbourc1300

reseta1325

harbouryc1325

refutec1350

asylec1384

receipta1393

refugec1405

port salut?1407

recept1423

porta1425

receptaclec1425

place (etc.) of refuge?a1439

retreat1481

port haven1509

stelling-place1513

refugie1515

retraict1550

safe haven1555

havening place1563

sanctuarya1568

safe harbour1569

sheepfold1579

subterfuge1593

arka1616

lopeholt1616

latebra1626

asylum1642

creep-hole1646

harbourage1651

reverticle1656

creeping-hole1665

a port in a (also the) storm1714

receptory1856

padded cell1876

funk-hole1900

1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. xvi. 87 They have bin the Asylum for superstition.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 729 He fled to Oxon, the common Asylum of afflicted royalists.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 318 A Port, where his Ships might find an Azylum.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vi. 410 The monasteries were not as yet the asyla of letters.

3. abstract. Inviolable shelter; refuge, protection.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > inviolable refuge, sanctuary, or asylum

sanctuaryc1380

sentry1590

asylum1725

bast1856

1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. ii. iii. 40 The Senate was oblig'd to confine the Right of Asylum to Nine Temples.

1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. viii. 832 Beneath his roof They found asylum oft, but ne'er reproof.

4. A benevolent institution affording shelter and support to some class of the afflicted, the unfortunate, or destitute; e.g. an asylum for the mentally ill (formerly ‘lunatic asylum’), to which the term is sometimes popularly restricted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital for the mentally ill

bedlam-house1525

dull-house1622

madhouse1649

bedlam1663

lunatic hospital1762

asylum1776

retreat1796

lunatic house1813

lunatic asylum1828

maison de santé1843

idiot asylum1848

rat house1854

bughouse1887

Colney Hatch1891

booby hatch1896

mental hospital1898

booby house1900

nut factory1900

nut collegec1906

nuthouse1906

monkey house1910

booby-hutch1914

nuttery1915

loony bin1919

nut hatch1928

silly house1930

bin1938

snake-pit1947

funny farm1950

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc.

bead-housec1160

spittle?c1225

spittle-housec1315

maison dieu1354

almshouse1395

hospital14..

God's house1425

hospitality1571

townhouse1597

guest house1600

gifts1651

college1694

asylum1776

hospice1818

group home1873

pogey1891

1776 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. ii. 307 When the grievous distemper of the leprosy raged..our ancestors erected asyla for those poor wretches.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. vii. 191 Miss Oldcastle thought she was out of her mind, and spoke of an asylum.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 56 Three hundred of these persons [victims of Egyptian Ophthalmia] were cared for in an asylum..in Paris.

Compounds

asylum ear n. now historical and rare haematoma of the pinna of the ear occurring in a person confined to a mental institution (originally attributed to a specific pathological process in the mentally ill, later recognized to be a consequence of trauma); an instance of this.

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1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. & Pathol. of Mind ii. iii. 349 In the case, the so-called asylum ear, which is ever of evil augury, appeared first on one side and then on the other.

1872 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 63 191 Some have gone so far as to say..that the less frequent occurrence of what used to be called the ‘asylum ear’ is a comment upon the humane changes that have been made of late years in the treatment of the insane.

1881 Lancet 17 Dec. 1072/1 Mr. Phillimore contributed papers in the medical journals on Hæmatoma Auris or Asylum Ear.

2003 H. Pennington When Food Kills 74 Even obvious indicators of violence went unnoticed or were explained away... ‘Asylum ear’ is the classic case.

Draft additions June 2001

spec. Refuge in a nation other than one's own, esp. as a political refugee; the right to claim this, usually defined or restricted in law by the nation concerned. Cf. political asylum n. at political adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > exile > [noun] > refugee or stateless person > permission to remain as political refugee

asylum1842

political asylum1852

1842 Southern Q. Rev. July 59 In cases where the offence was only politically violative of the peculiar ordinances of one nation..the offender would be entitled to the asylum sought.

1876 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 339 Expressions of misgiving..drove him more than once to try if it were possible to ascertain whether..our boasted right of asylum was really whisper-proof.

1940 E. Wilson To Finland Station ii. x. 165 Weitling had been expelled from Paris..and, seeking asylum in Switzerland, had there been convicted of blasphemy.

1995 Times 25 Sept. 12/4 Those who are holed up in detention centres in this country waiting months if not years for applications for asylum and refugee status to be resolved..have a higher moral claim..than do three million Hong Kong Chinese.

Draft additions June 2001

asylum seeker n. a person seeking refuge, esp. political asylum, in a nation other than his or her own.

ΚΠ

1959 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 53 990 Small and medium-sized countries most exposed geographically to the influx of asylum-seekers must needs watch out for the slightest policy reaction of stronger powers.

1966 Punch 5 Oct. 510 Iron curtain asylum-seekers.

2000 Big Issue 10 Apr. 46/2 With regards to the debate around ‘economic migrants’ vs ‘genuine’ asylum seekers..a further aspect of British history should be acknowledged.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	asylum
释义	asylumn. Brit. /əˈsʌɪləm/, U.S. /əˈsaɪləm/ Forms: Plural asylums (also in senses 1, 2, asyla). Forms: Middle English–1600s asilum, 1600s assylum, 1700s azylum, 1600s– asylum. Etymology: < Latin asȳlum, < Greek ἄσῡλον refuge, sanctuary, neuter of adjective ἄσῡλος inviolable, < ἀ privative + σύλη , σῦλον right of seizure. Compare asyle n. 1. A sanctuary or inviolable place of refuge and protection for criminals and debtors, from which they cannot be forcibly removed without sacrilege. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > inviolable refuge, sanctuary, or asylum > an asylum or sanctuary frithsoken1014 gritha1300 sanctuaryc1374 city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425 grith-placea1425 grith-stonea1425 grith-towna1425 asylumc1430 abbey1675 flemensfirth1805 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ii. xxviii. 65 a A territory that called was Asile. This Asilum..Was a place of refuge and succours..For to receyue all foreyn trespassours. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. viii. 7 Romulus..set up a sanctuarie or lawlesse church, called Asylum. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. vi. 145 How far those Asyla's and Sanctuaries were good and useful. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) We even read of Asylums at Lyons and Vienne among the ancient Gauls. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. ii. 197 Some were asyla for all men, and others were appropriated to particular persons and crimes. 2. gen. A secure place of refuge, shelter, or retreat. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge havenc1225 infleeinga1300 leinda1300 harbourc1300 reseta1325 harbouryc1325 refutec1350 asylec1384 receipta1393 refugec1405 port salut?1407 recept1423 porta1425 receptaclec1425 place (etc.) of refuge?a1439 retreat1481 port haven1509 stelling-place1513 refugie1515 retraict1550 safe haven1555 havening place1563 sanctuarya1568 safe harbour1569 sheepfold1579 subterfuge1593 arka1616 lopeholt1616 latebra1626 asylum1642 creep-hole1646 harbourage1651 reverticle1656 creeping-hole1665 a port in a (also the) storm1714 receptory1856 padded cell1876 funk-hole1900 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. xvi. 87 They have bin the Asylum for superstition. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 729 He fled to Oxon, the common Asylum of afflicted royalists. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 318 A Port, where his Ships might find an Azylum. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vi. 410 The monasteries were not as yet the asyla of letters. 3. abstract. Inviolable shelter; refuge, protection. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > inviolable refuge, sanctuary, or asylum sanctuaryc1380 sentry1590 asylum1725 bast1856 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. ii. iii. 40 The Senate was oblig'd to confine the Right of Asylum to Nine Temples. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. viii. 832 Beneath his roof They found asylum oft, but ne'er reproof. 4. A benevolent institution affording shelter and support to some class of the afflicted, the unfortunate, or destitute; e.g. an asylum for the mentally ill (formerly ‘lunatic asylum’), to which the term is sometimes popularly restricted. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital for the mentally ill bedlam-house1525 dull-house1622 madhouse1649 bedlam1663 lunatic hospital1762 asylum1776 retreat1796 lunatic house1813 lunatic asylum1828 maison de santé1843 idiot asylum1848 rat house1854 bughouse1887 Colney Hatch1891 booby hatch1896 mental hospital1898 booby house1900 nut factory1900 nut collegec1906 nuthouse1906 monkey house1910 booby-hutch1914 nuttery1915 loony bin1919 nut hatch1928 silly house1930 bin1938 snake-pit1947 funny farm1950 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. bead-housec1160 spittle?c1225 spittle-housec1315 maison dieu1354 almshouse1395 hospital14.. God's house1425 hospitality1571 townhouse1597 guest house1600 gifts1651 college1694 asylum1776 hospice1818 group home1873 pogey1891 1776 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. ii. 307 When the grievous distemper of the leprosy raged..our ancestors erected asyla for those poor wretches. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. vii. 191 Miss Oldcastle thought she was out of her mind, and spoke of an asylum. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 56 Three hundred of these persons [victims of Egyptian Ophthalmia] were cared for in an asylum..in Paris. Compounds asylum ear n. now historical and rare haematoma of the pinna of the ear occurring in a person confined to a mental institution (originally attributed to a specific pathological process in the mentally ill, later recognized to be a consequence of trauma); an instance of this. ΚΠ 1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. & Pathol. of Mind ii. iii. 349 In the case, the so-called asylum ear, which is ever of evil augury, appeared first on one side and then on the other. 1872 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 63 191 Some have gone so far as to say..that the less frequent occurrence of what used to be called the ‘asylum ear’ is a comment upon the humane changes that have been made of late years in the treatment of the insane. 1881 Lancet 17 Dec. 1072/1 Mr. Phillimore contributed papers in the medical journals on Hæmatoma Auris or Asylum Ear. 2003 H. Pennington When Food Kills 74 Even obvious indicators of violence went unnoticed or were explained away... ‘Asylum ear’ is the classic case. Draft additions June 2001 spec. Refuge in a nation other than one's own, esp. as a political refugee; the right to claim this, usually defined or restricted in law by the nation concerned. Cf. political asylum n. at political adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > exile > [noun] > refugee or stateless person > permission to remain as political refugee asylum1842 political asylum1852 1842 Southern Q. Rev. July 59 In cases where the offence was only politically violative of the peculiar ordinances of one nation..the offender would be entitled to the asylum sought. 1876 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 339 Expressions of misgiving..drove him more than once to try if it were possible to ascertain whether..our boasted right of asylum was really whisper-proof. 1940 E. Wilson To Finland Station ii. x. 165 Weitling had been expelled from Paris..and, seeking asylum in Switzerland, had there been convicted of blasphemy. 1995 Times 25 Sept. 12/4 Those who are holed up in detention centres in this country waiting months if not years for applications for asylum and refugee status to be resolved..have a higher moral claim..than do three million Hong Kong Chinese. Draft additions June 2001 asylum seeker n. a person seeking refuge, esp. political asylum, in a nation other than his or her own. ΚΠ 1959 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 53 990 Small and medium-sized countries most exposed geographically to the influx of asylum-seekers must needs watch out for the slightest policy reaction of stronger powers. 1966 Punch 5 Oct. 510 Iron curtain asylum-seekers. 2000 Big Issue 10 Apr. 46/2 With regards to the debate around ‘economic migrants’ vs ‘genuine’ asylum seekers..a further aspect of British history should be acknowledged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). asylumv. Brit. /əˈsʌɪləm/, U.S. /əˈsaɪləm/ Etymology: < asylum n. rare. transitive. To give protection to; to place in an asylum. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take refuge or shelter [verb (reflexive)] > take asylum privilege1582 asylum1794 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > in an asylum asylum1843 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > afford sanctuary to sanctuarize1604 asylum1866 1794 J. Courtenay Present State France & Italy 43 Th' assassin asylums himself in the Church, And we see him in every fine portico lurch. 1843 Times 8 Mar. 5/3 Do they wish to spill blood—they have only to play a few pranks—get asylum'd a month and a day. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti ii. 139 Crime thou asylum'd, crime ejecteth he. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1430v.1794
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asylumv.