hospice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
  2. noun a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill

WordNet

Hos"pice noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913