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spital¹

Where it comes from

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

noun spitals · spittle

  1. historical 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. Put up a supplication to him in the name of a thousand orphans, an hospital, a spital, a prison, as he goes by, they cry out to him for aid, ride on, surdo narras, he cares not […]

Spital²

Where it comes from

See spital.

proper noun

  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).

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@misc{spital_2026,
  title = {spital},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spital},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}