hospitium
Americannoun
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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
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Across the way is the "Angel's" rival the "George," possibly identical with the hospitium called "Le George" presented with other property by Edward IV to his mother, the Duchess of York.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The settlement of the Goths on the land took the form of hospitium or quartering.
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
There is a large collection of remains to be found in the hospitium of St. Mary's Abbey, derived from the cemetery and the site of the railway station.
From The Towns of Roman Britain by Bevan, James Oliver
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
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