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hos·pice

s) KEY

NOUN:

A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.

ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, from Latin hospitium, hospitality, from hospes , hospit-, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots

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