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Webster 1913 Edition
Hospice
Hos′pice
,Noun.
[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
. Bernard. Hospice
of the Great St