Definition of Reformatories

1. Noun. (plural of reformatory) ¹

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Definition of Reformatories

1. reformatory [n] - See also: reformatory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reformatories

reformadoes
reformados
reformalize
reformalized
reformalizes
reformalizing
reformat
reformate
reformated
reformates
reformating
reformation
reformational
reformations
reformative
reformatories (current term)
reformatory
reformats
reformattable
reformatted
reformatter
reformatters
reformatting
reformed
reformer
reformers
reforming
reformism
reformisms
reformist

Literary usage of Reformatories

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dangerous classes of New York and twenty years' work among them by Charles Loring Brace (1872)
"We do not deny great services and successes to the existing congregated reformatories of this country. But their success has been in spite of their system. ..."

2. Un-American Immigration: Its Present Effects and Future Perils : a Study by Rena Michaels Atchison (1894)
"The entire number of inmates of our juvenile reformatories according to the census of 1890, may be classified according to sax and parentage as follows: The ..."

3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1885)
"reformatories have suffered from these defects very seriously, ... The favorite mode of organizing reformatories has been that of intrusting their ..."

4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1893)
"reformatories THE HISTORY OF reformatories. BY REV. JH NUTTING. ... other members of the Committee on the History of reformatories: hence only the writer ..."

5. Prison Methods in New York State, a Contribution to the Study of the Theory by Philip Klein (1920)
"WOMEN'S reformatories The indeterminate sentence in women's reformatories was introduced at the time of their organization. It was part of the laws creating ..."

6. Prison Methods in New York State, a Contribution to the Study of the Theory by Philip Klein (1920)
"WOMEN'S reformatories The indeterminate sentence in women's reformatories was introduced at the time of their organization. It was part of the laws creating ..."

7. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1864)
"The success of this system of indenturing is eminently encouraging, and some of the reformatories find it difficult to meet the applications that are made ..."

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