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hospitium
[ ho-spish-ee-uhm ]
noun
, plural hos·pi·ti·a [ho-, spish, -ee-, uh].
- a hospice.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hospitium1
1640–50; < Latin: hospitable reception, entertainment, place of entertainment, equivalent to hospit- (stem of hospes ) host, guest, stranger + -ium -ium
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Example Sentences
"Thou hast begun well, brother Martin," said Ginepro, when they could first speak to each other in the hospitium.
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But natheless the hospitium is open to you as to all, whether gentle or simple, lay folk or clerks.
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The two travelers had dinner at the monk's hospitium, Nigel at the high table and Aylward among the commonalty.
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In the Vennel (alley or small street) some ruins remain of the maison dieu, or hospitium, founded in 1256 by William of Brechin.
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Illic hirundo, a sua peregrinatione reversa, sub trabe nidi lutabat hospitium.
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