Middle English Dictionary Entry
hospitāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hospitāl adj. |
| Etymology | L hospitālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hospitable, benevolent; (b) jovis ~, Jupiter Protector of the Rights of Hospitality.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Tim.3.2 : It bihouys a bisschop to be..ful hospitalle [L hospitalem] to þe nedy in crist.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Tit.1.8 : It byhouys þe byschop to be..hospital.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.6.2 : He shulde defoule the temple that was in Jerusalem and shulde clepe it of Jouis Olympij, and in Garysym..of Jouis hospitale [L Iovis hospitalis].