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Definition of Rest home
1. Noun. An institution where people are cared for. "A home for the elderly"
Definition of Rest home
1. Noun. A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rest Home
Literary usage of Rest home
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1901)
"The reference in certain clauses of this will to a " rest home " ii to a valid
public charity created by a previous clause in the will, and the gift is ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1901)
"CTU or Kest Home in Chicopee Street, Mass.," being to the Massachusetts Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, and a rest home in Chicopee for worthy working ..."
3. Mary Slessor of Calabar by William Pringle Livingstone (1916)
"A REST-HOME A touch of romance seemed to be connected with all her work. The next
idea she sought to develop was a Rest-House or week-end, holiday, ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"The rest home should be located in the country, not so far from the city that
relatives cannot visit them easily. It is necessary that the house be made ..."
5. The Methodist Year-book by William Harrison De Puy (1913)
"Added to these are the Elvira Olney rest home, at Ludington, Mich., the Thompson
Rest ... At Lake Chautauqua is still another beautiful rest home for our ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"rest home. "rest home," as used in a will devising property for the establishment
of a rest home for worthy working girls, is a place of rest ..."
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