Hospice
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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