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Definition of Spital
1. n. A hospital.
Definition of Spital
1. a hospital [n -S] - See also: hospital
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spital
Literary usage of Spital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"The Priory of St. M.try, Spittle—A Royal Visit—The spital Sermons—A Long Sermon—Roman
Remains—The Silk Weavers—French Names, and Modern Versions of ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"By carrying the thoughts back to the middle of the last century, we may view this
Square as spital Yard, nearly surrounded by houses as at present. ..."
3. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"spital SERMON. This sermon, yearly preached on Easter Monday at Christ Church,
Christ's Hospital, derives its name from the priory and hospital of our ..."
4. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris (1815)
"... and others of the King's most honourable privy council, (his Majesty being
then in Scotland,) heard a sermon at St. Mary's, spital, by the Rev. ..."
5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1890)
"{Perhaps the same as 'the spital?) But whether soe or not, I cannot resolve,
though 'tis not ... spital ..."
6. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1762)
"... June the bth, 1761, made in spital- Square; the Longitude of which is 4' 11"
Weft of the Royal ..."
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