- (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
- (a.) Hospitable.
- (n.) A building in which the sick, injured or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind or disabled, infirm or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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