| Pronunciation: | | 'hâspis
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| Matching Terms: | | hospice services
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- [n] a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
- [n] a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
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| | See Also: | | housing, living accommodations, lodging, medical aid, medical care |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hos"pice\, n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a
place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger,
guest. See {Host} a landlord.]
A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or
entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass,
as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
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| | Related Terms: | | almshouse, asylum, boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, foster home, guest house, halfway house, home, hospitium, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodge, lodging house, nursing home, ordinary, orphanage, pension, poor farm, poorhouse, posada, pub, public, public house, rest home, retreat, roadhouse, rooming house, tavern, workhouse |
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