Part 5402

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Hospitaler</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"pi*tal*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hospitaller</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>hospitalier</ets>. See <er>Hospital</er>, and cf. <er>Hostler</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, <sc>A. D.</sc> 1042. They were called <i>Knights of St. John of Jerusalem</i>, and after the removal of the order to Malta, <i>Knights of Malta</i>.</def>

<h1>Hospitalism</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"pi*tal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.</def>

<h1>Hospitality</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos`pi*tal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hospitalities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>hospitalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hospitalit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.</def>

<blockquote>Given to <b>hospitality</b>. <i>Rom. xii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of <b>hospitality</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hospitalize</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"pi*tal*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.</def>

<h1>Hospitate</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"pi*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hospitatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>hospitari</ets> to be a guest, fr. <ets>hospes</ets> guest.]</ety> <def>To receive hospitality; to be a guest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Hospitate</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"pi*tate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Hospitium</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos*pi"ti*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Hospice</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inn; a lodging; a hospice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An inn of court.</def>

<h1>Hospodar</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"po*dar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A Slav. word; cf. Russ. <ets>gospodare</ets> lord, master.]</ety> <def>A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.</def>

<h1>Host</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Host</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>hostia</ets> sacrifice, victim, from <ets>hostire</ets> to strike.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.</def>

<note>&hand; In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.</note>

<h1>Host</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Host</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>host</ets>, <ets>ost</ets>, OF. <ets>host</ets>, <ets>ost</ets>, fr. L. <ets>hostis</ets> enemy, LL., army. See <er>Guest</er>, and cf. <er>Host</er> a landlord.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An army; a number of men gathered for war.</def>