Definition of "firmary" [firmary]

• The right of a tenant to his lands and tenements. (noun)
• Same as fermery, ultimately infirmary. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In September 1983, I visited Martin Skirrow in Worcester England, and attended an endoscopy session at the Worcester In firmary."
• "Even though he knew it was perfectly safe with the servitors and voynix around, Daeman had no urge at all to be eaten by an extinct reptile and to wake up in the firmary with the memory of that indignity."
• "Ada, Harman, and Hannah waited the two days usually observed as a minimum decent interval after a firmary visit, and then faxed to Paris Crater to find Daeman."