valetudinarian

• Johnson lamented to Mr. Hector the state of one of their school-fellows, Mr. Charles Congreve, a clergyman, which he thus described: 'He obtained, I believe, considerable preferment in Ireland, but now lives in London, quite as a valetudinarian, afraid to go into any house but his own. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2
• I was a mental valetudinarian, in short. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• The clergyman to whom the benefice belonged was a valetudinarian, who passed his time in London, or at some watering-place, entrusting the care of his flock to the curate of a distant parish, who gave himself very little trouble about the matter. —  Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
• I eat quick and rather plentifully; yet the valetudinarian (excuse my rusticity, for I rejoice at seeing it) appears to equal the traveller in appetite, and to be contented with one dish Lucullus. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
• The clergyman to whom the benefice belonged was a valetudinarian, who passed his time in London, or at some watering place, entrusting the care of his flock to the curate of a distant parish, who gave himself very little trouble about the matter. —  Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest

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