spital

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Definition of spital

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noun

(historical)A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.

“Put up a supplication to him in the name of a thousand orphans, an hospital, a spital, a prison, as he goes by, they cry out to him for aid, ride on, surdo narras, he cares not […]”

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noun

(historical)A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.

“Put up a supplication to him in the name of a thousand orphans, an hospital, a spital, a prison, as he goes by, they cry out to him for aid, ride on, surdo narras, he cares not […]”

name

A suburb of Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9675).
An eastern suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3970).
A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

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From Middle English spitel, an aphetic form, from Medieval Latin hospitāle.

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