▪ I. † inˈfirmatory, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. infirmātōri-um, f. infirmus infirm: cf. infirmitory.]
= infirmary.
| 1598 Stow Surv. xxxv. (1603) 319 Peter de Heliland made the infirmatorie. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 438 If any bee sick, hee is carried into the Infirmatory. 1678 Phillips (ed. 4) App. Infirmatorie, or Infirmary. |
▪ II. † inˈfirmatory, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. infirmāt-, ppl. stem of infirmāre to infirm + -ory.]
Tending to make infirm or invalidate.
| 1726 Ayliffe Parergon 492 Such a Sentence ought to be pronounc'd..as is neither Confirmatory, nor Infirmatory. |