Noun
lunatic asylum (plural lunatic asylums)
(dated, offensive) A facility where persons with serious mental disorders are housed.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mental hospital
Later on 17 January 1918 was certified as insane and died in Broadmoor criminal lunatic asylum on 29 July 1920. Source: Internet
Self reliance." citation For the students, Herzog has said, "I prefer people who have worked as bouncers in a sex club, or have been wardens in the lunatic asylum. Source: Internet
The couple formally separated in 1933 and in 1938 Vivienne's brother, Maurice, had her committed to a lunatic asylum, against her will, where she remained until her death of heart disease in 1947. Source: Internet