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Definition of Crèche
1. Noun. A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for.
2. Noun. A representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem.
Definition of Crèche
1. Noun. (alternative form of crèche) ¹
2. Noun. A representation of the Nativity scene. ¹
3. Noun. A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital. ¹
4. Noun. A day nursery. ¹
5. Noun. (marine biology) A group of young who stay together for protection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crèche
1. a day nursery [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crèche
Literary usage of Crèche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Parasites and Messmates by Beneden (Pierre Joseph) (1876)
"A CERTAIN number of parasites establish themselves at first in an animal which
serves as a creche, then in a second which serves as a lying-in hospital. ..."
2. Charities of France in 1866: An Account of Some of the Principal Existing by William Richards Lawrence (1867)
"[3HE creche is an establishment for the reception of infants, where they are cared
... The first creche in France was founded about fifty years ago by the ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1886)
"THE FITCH CRECHE AND THE LABOR BUREAU OF THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY OF
BUFFALO. BY NATHANIEL S. ROSENAU. A short time ago, a newspaper of Buffalo ..."
4. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... lestum Saint Michaelis qualibet die. A festo vero Saint Michaelis usque ad
festum Saint Martini lac dulee secunda die. Vas vero quod Creche nuncupatur 7 ..."
5. The House of the Good Neighbor by Esther Pohl Lovejoy (1919)
"CHAPTER X THE CHRISTENING OF A CRECHE IN anticipation of the French law requiring
manufacturers to provide creches (nurseries) for the young children of ..."
6. A Handbok of Charity Organization by Stephen Humphreys Villiers Gurteen (1882)
"THE CRECHE. and which the police can tell you are no better than was ... THE CRECHE.
It is a remarkable fact that throughout the whole range of the poetry ..."
7. Animal Parasites and Messmates by Beneden (Pierre Joseph) (1876)
"A CERTAIN number of parasites establish themselves at first in an animal which
serves as a creche, then in a second which serves as a lying-in hospital. ..."
8. Charities of France in 1866: An Account of Some of the Principal Existing by William Richards Lawrence (1867)
"[3HE creche is an establishment for the reception of infants, where they are cared
... The first creche in France was founded about fifty years ago by the ..."
9. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1886)
"THE FITCH CRECHE AND THE LABOR BUREAU OF THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY OF
BUFFALO. BY NATHANIEL S. ROSENAU. A short time ago, a newspaper of Buffalo ..."
10. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... lestum Saint Michaelis qualibet die. A festo vero Saint Michaelis usque ad
festum Saint Martini lac dulee secunda die. Vas vero quod Creche nuncupatur 7 ..."
11. The House of the Good Neighbor by Esther Pohl Lovejoy (1919)
"CHAPTER X THE CHRISTENING OF A CRECHE IN anticipation of the French law requiring
manufacturers to provide creches (nurseries) for the young children of ..."
12. A Handbok of Charity Organization by Stephen Humphreys Villiers Gurteen (1882)
"THE CRECHE. and which the police can tell you are no better than was ... THE CRECHE.
It is a remarkable fact that throughout the whole range of the poetry ..."
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