hospitium

American  

[ho-spish-ee-uhm] / hɒˈspɪʃ i əm /

noun

plural

hospitia

1. a hospice.

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Etymology

Origin of hospitium

1640–50; < Latin: hospitable reception, entertainment, place of entertainment, equivalent to hospit- (stem of hospes ) host, guest, stranger + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

"Thou hast begun well, brother Martin," said Ginepro, when they could first speak to each other in the hospitium.

From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

The field adjoined the hospitium, and was always known as "the Signhurst."

From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.

The most remarkable is the hospitium of Sidi-el-Marti.

From Travels through the Empire of Morocco by Buffa, John

At the completion of his triennium he was chosen president of the Recollect hospitium in Mexico.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Blair, Emma Helen

So saying our heroes parted, Mr. Oldbuck to return to his hospitium at Monkbarns, and Lovel to pursue his way to Fairport, where he arrived without farther adventure.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir