Hospice

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hospice \Hos"pice\, n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a
     place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger,
     guest. See {Host} a landlord.]
     A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or
     entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass,
     as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hospice
       n 1: a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic
            order)
       2: a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally
          ill

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "hospice":
     almshouse, asylum, boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house,
     fleabag, flophouse, foster home, guest house, halfway house, home,
     hospitium, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodge, lodging house,
     nursing home, ordinary, orphanage, pension, poor farm, poorhouse,
     posada, pub, public, public house, rest home, retreat, roadhouse,
     rooming house, tavern, workhouse