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spital

[ spit-l ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a hospital, especially one for lazars.
  2. a shelter on a highway.


spital

/ ˈspɪtəl /

noun

  1. a hospital, esp for the needy sick
  2. a highway shelter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spital1

1625–35; alteration of spittle, Middle English spitel < Medieval Latin hospitāle; hospital
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spital1

C13 spitel, changed from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospital
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Example Sentences

The preacher of the Spital sermon this year is to be a life-long abstainer, the Bishop of Carlisle.

The pulpit stood on a site that now forms the north-east corner of Spital Square.

There was a leper-spital outside the Gallow-gate of Aberdeen, on a road which still bears the name of the Spital.

So again the Normans spital at Norwich was found to be sheltering seven whole sisters and seven half-sisters.

On the third day in Easter week, the 'Spital sermon is preached by a doctor in divinity.

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