hospitium

American  

[ho-spish-ee-uhm] / hɒˈspɪʃ i əm /

noun

hospitia plural

1. a hospice.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hospitia
  plural

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

See Examples For:

hospitium hospitia

The Burgundians in the Rhone valley effected their settlement like the Visigoths according to the system of hospitium.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

"Thou art to return to the hospitium," said the first servant to Humphrey.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

The hospitium or guest house was formerly on the right of the lane leading to Helmsley.

From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon

He left the islands before July 13, 1689, and from that time until 1696 was in charge of the 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

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

The hereditary tenure of benefices by lay protectors she did not reform, but she restored the ruined cells of Iona, and established hospitia for pilgrims. 

From A Short History of Scotland by Lang, Andrew