gesticht

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈstɪxt/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧sticht
• Rhymes: -ɪxt

From Middle Dutch gestichte.

gesticht n (plural gestichten, diminutive gestichtje n)

1. (colloquial) psychiatric ward, mental asylum
2. (dated) care home, reformatory
3. (dated, Christianity) a Christian religious building or foundation, such as a church or monastery
4. large, impressive building, as typically used for above institutes
5. (obsolete) any building

• gestichtskind
• kerkgesticht
• krankzinnigengesticht
• verbeteringsgesticht

From Middle Dutch gesticht. Equivalent to the past participle of stichten.

gesticht

1. past participle of stichten