English Explanatory Dictionary

spital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
name
  1. A suburb of Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9675).
  2. An eastern suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3970).
  3. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

Word forms

spital spitals spittle

Etymology

From Middle English spitel, an aphetic form, from Medieval Latin hospitāle.

Related words

hospital Spittal

Derived words

spitalhouse Owmby-by-Spital
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