Spittal
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spittal is a noun meaning lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital.
Meaning
lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital.
More Meanings
- a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
- a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks
Word Forms
- spittals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spital, glebe, lichfield, spalding, pottersfield, minster.
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