Spital
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spital is a noun meaning (historical) A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
Meaning
(historical) A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
Example Sentences
Put up a supplication to him in the name of a thousand orphans, an hospital, a spital, a prison, as he goes by, they cry out to him for aid, ride on, surdo narras, he cares not […]
Word Forms
- spitals
- spittle
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include geist, spittal, sickhouse, hospital, almshouse, infirmary.
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