hospice

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
  2. noun a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill

Etymology

Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.

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