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hospice

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hos·pice  (hsps)
n.
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.]
hospice [ˈhɒspɪs]
n pl hospices
1. (Medicine) a nursing home that specializes in caring for the terminally ill
2. Also called hospitium [hɒˈspɪtɪəm]
pl hospitia [hɒˈspɪtɪə] Archaic a place of shelter for travellers, esp one kept by a monastic order
[from French, from Latin hospitium hospitality, from hospes guest, host1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hospicehospice - 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
Translations
hospice [ˈhɒspɪs] N → hospicio m
hospice [ˈhɒspɪs] n → hospice m
hospice
n
(for terminally ill) → Pflegeheim nt (für unheilbar Kranke)
(for travellers) → Hospiz nt


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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.
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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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