spital
Americannoun
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a hospital, especially one for lazars.
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a shelter on a highway.
noun
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a hospital, esp for the needy sick
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a highway shelter
Etymology
Origin of spital
1625–35; alteration of spittle, Middle English spitel < Medieval Latin hospitāle; see hospital
Example Sentences
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Labour has 14 councillors on the authority but Reform UK now has 10 councillors in total, having won a by-election in the Spital ward earlier this year.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Spital said police have not recovered a weapon and have not taken anyone in custody.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
Board of Education, meanwhile, was “offensive and disturbing,” Spital said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021
Mr. Spital said his group would have to carefully assess its next moves and “think very carefully” before bringing new cases that, if defeated, could set damaging new precedents.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021
Wry-mouthed Tibble, as they call him, was a sturdy fellow till he got a fall against the mouth of a furnace, and lay ten months in Saint Bartholomew’s Spital, scarce moving hand or foot.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.
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