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hos·pice

(hŏs′pĭs)

1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.

2. A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.

[French, from Old French, from Latin hospitium, hospitality, from hospes, hospit-, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]

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hospice

(ˈhɒspɪs)

n, pl hospicespl hospitia (hɒˈspɪtɪə)

1. (Medicine) a nursing home that specializes in caring for the terminally ill

2. archaic Also called: hospitium a place of shelter for travellers, esp one kept by a monastic order

[C19: from French, from Latin hospitium hospitality, from hospes guest, host¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hos•pice

(ˈhɒs pɪs)

n.

1. a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., esp. one kept by a religious order.

2. a health care facility, or a system of professional home visits and supervision, for supportive care of the terminally ill.

[1810–20; < French < Latin hospitium=hospit-, s. of hospes host¹, guest, stranger + -ium -ium¹]

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Noun	1.	hospice - a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
	2.	hospice - a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury

hospice

noun nursing home, hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home the purpose-built hospice and respite care centre

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

hospice

noun

An institution that provides care and shelter:

asylum, home, hospital, shelter.

Translations

hospice

ospizio

hospice

[ˈhɒspɪs] N → hospicio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hospice

[ˈhɒspɪs] n → hospice m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hospice

(for terminally ill) → Pflegeheim nt (für unheilbar Kranke)

(for travellers) → Hospiz nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hos·pice

n. hospicio; asilo.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

hospice

V. hospice care bajo care.

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In the valley beneath lay the city they had just left, its more prominent buildings showing as in an isometric drawing--among them the broad cathedral tower, with its Norman windows and immense length of aisle and nave, the spires of St Thomas's, the pinnacled tower of the College, and, more to the right, the tower and gables of the ancient hospice, where to this day the pilgrim may receive his dole of bread and ale.

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Near this point the footpath joins the wider track, which connects the Grimsel with the head of the Rhone SCHNAWP; this has been carefully constructed, and leads with a tortuous course among and over LES PIERRES, down to the bank of the gloomy little SWOSH-SWOSH, which almost washes against the walls of the Grimsel Hospice. We arrived a little before four o'clock at the end of our day's journey, hot enough to justify the step, taking by most of the PARTIE, of plunging into the crystal water of the snow-fed lake.

This was followed by many more bursts, none of WELCHE, however, was so dangerously near; and after waiting a long DEMI-hour in our icy prison, we sallied out to talk through a HABOOLONG which, though not so heavy as before, was quite enough to give us a thorough soaking before our arrival at the Hospice.

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There is a hospice of monks yonder, where you may see the roof among the trees, and there it was that Sir Roland was slain.

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AN Assembly Member said he is disgusted with the way North Wales hospices have been treated by the Welsh Assembly Government.

Hospice payouts deemed 'measly'

Hospices care for people at their most vulnerable time, but now those services are at risk as 3,000 Medicare-licensed hospices face slashed reimbursements in President Bush's 2009 budget proposal.

Hospices put on life support: fundraising becoming more important as federal cuts loom

THE Duchess of Cambridge says children's hospices are "vital sanctuaries" - as Acorns prepares to close its Walsall site.

Duchess: We must protect our hospices; Royal shines light on lifeline work

Shropshire's Hope House today called on NHS England to properly fund children's hospices, warning that services will otherwise be scaled back or withdrawn entirely.

Fund us or lose us, warns Hope House Hospice

The other hospices set to benefit from the event include Ardgowan Hospice, Ayrshire Hospice, Children's Hospices Across Scotland, Highland Hospice,The Prince and Princess ofWales Hospice, St Andrew's Hospice, St Columba's Hospice and Strathcarron Hospice.

No bubble trouble for run fundraisers

TWO Huddersfield hospices have been chosen to receive slices of a PS600,000 Masonic grant giving programme.

Masons giving a PS600k helping hand to charities

In a statement on hospice care week, Mr Isherwood, who chairs the cross party group on hospices and palliative care in the National Assembly, emphasised the vital role of hospices in Wales which each year directly care for more than 10,000 people.

AM urges communities to support their hospice

Without you, we simply couldn't run our hospices, offer the care that we do, or even staff our retail shops.