"hospital" meaning in Middle English

See hospital in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɔspiˈtaːl/, /ˈɔspital/ Forms: hospitale [alternative], hospitall [alternative], hospitalle [alternative], hospitel [alternative], hospytal [alternative], hospytale [alternative], hospytall [alternative], ospitale [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis, hospitāle. Doublet of hostel. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|hospital}} Borrowed from Old French hospital, {{der|enm|la|hospitālis}} Latin hospitālis, {{doublet|enm|hostel}} Doublet of hostel Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} hospital, {{enm-adj}} hospital
  1. hospitable
    Sense id: en-hospital-enm-adj-FVL1nSE-

Noun

IPA: /ɔspiˈtaːl/, /ˈɔspital/ Forms: hospitals [plural], hospitale [alternative], hospitall [alternative], hospitalle [alternative], hospitel [alternative], hospytal [alternative], hospytale [alternative], hospytall [alternative], ospitale [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis, hospitāle. Doublet of hostel. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|hospital}} Borrowed from Old French hospital, {{der|enm|la|hospitālis}} Latin hospitālis, {{doublet|enm|hostel}} Doublet of hostel Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} hospital, {{enm-noun|hospitals}} hospital (plural hospitals)
  1. A hostel or guesthouse; a place of accommodation or lodging.
    Sense id: en-hospital-enm-noun-pe1F9BLb Categories (other): Housing Disambiguation of Housing: 4 50 9 11 26
  2. A shelter for the poor, ill or otherwise needy.
    Sense id: en-hospital-enm-noun-odF2VJHS
  3. A place of refuge; a retreat or redoubt.
    Sense id: en-hospital-enm-noun-27FkFu2U
  4. The Knights Hospitaller (a religious order)
    Sense id: en-hospital-enm-noun-LDuFeNF8 Categories (other): Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Buildings and structures, Christianity, Hotels Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 6 9 7 9 0 1 3 0 4 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 4 9 9 2 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 8 7 8 0 1 4 0 4 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 14 6 0 0 0 6 8 8 3 3 0 0 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 3 4 84 Disambiguation of Buildings and structures: 2 17 15 9 56 Disambiguation of Christianity: 7 10 7 7 69 Disambiguation of Hotels: 3 5 3 3 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hospitalarye, hospitalite, hospiteler

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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