[ˈhɒspɪtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people

- a hospice, especially one run by the Knights Hospitaller

- a charitable institution for the education of the young
(e.g: Christ's Hospital)


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Origin:
Middle English (in hospital): via Old French from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- (see host)