HOSPICE : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: HOSPICE	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for HOSPICE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hospice n a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.