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spital
[ spit-l ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- a shelter on a highway.
spital
/ ˈspɪtəl /
noun
- a hospital, esp for the needy sick
- a highway shelter
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spital1
C13 spitel, changed from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospital
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Example Sentences
The preacher of the Spital sermon this year is to be a life-long abstainer, the Bishop of Carlisle.
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The pulpit stood on a site that now forms the north-east corner of Spital Square.
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There was a leper-spital outside the Gallow-gate of Aberdeen, on a road which still bears the name of the Spital.
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So again the Normans spital at Norwich was found to be sheltering seven whole sisters and seven half-sisters.
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On the third day in Easter week, the 'Spital sermon is preached by a doctor in divinity.
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