INFIRMARIAN

Noun

infirmarian (plural infirmarians)

One who works in a nunnery or monastery, caring for the nuns who became ill, as well as caring for other old and sick people living in the nunnery.

The superintendant of an infirmary within a college or other institution.

Source: Wiktionary


In`fir*ma"ri*an, n.

Definition: A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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