hospice
hospice
Definition
hos·pice (häs′pis)
noun
- a place of shelter for travelers, esp. such a shelter maintained by monks
- a home for the sick or poor
- a homelike facility to provide supportive care for terminally ill patients
Etymology: Fr < L hospitium, hospitality, inn, lodging < hospes, host, guest < *hostipots < hostis, stranger, enemy < IE base *ghostis, stranger, guest (> guest, OSlav gospodi) + *potis, master: see despot
hospice
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- help: Help the Hospices Help the Hospices is the national charity for the hospice movement.
- build: How much money do you need to build the new hospice?
- visit: A member of the Chaplaincy Team visits the hospice each day.
Adjective modifier
- darlington-based: So far the couple has raised more than £ 1,000 for the Darlington-based hospice, mostly thanks to generous donations from friends and family.
- charitable: NHS Funding of Independent Hospices in England Results of a survey on statutory funding arrangements of independent charitable hospices.
- Independent: NHS Funding of Independent Hospices in England Results of a survey on statutory funding arrangements of independent charitable hospices.
- voluntary: The charity also helps the voluntary hospices to provide training for colleagues outside the movement working in the hospice's local area.
- local: First, we support local hospices in their vital work on the front line of caring for people who face the end of life.
- independent: NHS Funding of Independent Hospices in England Results of a survey on statutory funding arrangements of independent charitable hospices.
Modifies a noun
- chaplain: He shares his insights, as a hospice chaplain into the fundamental needs of human connection and how he connects with dying people.
- movement: To what extent has the work of the hospice movement reduced the fear of death in western society?
- care: Hospice care makes the last days of life fruitful, " he said.
- appeal: All we asked for in return was a £ 5 donation to our hospice appeal.
- nurse: He wanted to die in his own bed, " says Cindy Persson, a hospice nurse.
- charity: Tea at Three is a new nation-wide event to raise money for hospice care, co-ordinated by national hospice charity Help the Hospices.
Noun used with modifier
- children's: A childrenâs hospice is not a sad place; it is a place for living.
- childrens: In previous years we have performed in fundraising efforts for childrens hospices.
- adult: Adult Hospices in England Closing date: 10 February 2006.
Possessives
- child: A SECOND children's hospice for Scotland WILL be built with the money raised by Sunday Post readers.
Preposition: for
- pilgrim: This was originally St Laurence's Hospice for pilgrims on their way to Glastonbury.
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