hospitium
[ho-spish-ee-uh m]
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noun, plural hos·pi·ti·a [ho-spish-ee-uh] /hɒˈspɪʃ i ə/.
a hospice.
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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Historical Examples of hospitium
And what a contrast must often have existed between the Hospitium and the Cloister.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle AgesEdward Lewes Cutts
This little edifice was in all probability the chapel of Beck's hospitium.
Nooks and Corners of PembrokeshireH. Thornhill Timmins
They entered the hospitium, where the noontide meal was about to be served.
The House of WalderneA. D. Crake
Nearer the river there was the Hospitium, or guest-house, where visitors were lodged.
Life in a Medival CityEdwin Benson
Here are the Great Hall, now subdivided, and the Hospitium, used as stables.
WinchesterSidney Heath