Found 2 items, similar to hospice.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hospice hospice n 1: a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) 2: a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hospice Hospice \Hos"pice\, n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.] A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard. [1913 Webster]