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hospitaller

noun

Etymology

From Middle English hospiteler, from Middle French hospitalier; equivalent to hospital + -er. Piecewise doublet of hosteller.

  1. derived from hospitalier
  2. inherited from hospiteler

Definitions

  1. A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.

    • […] if the celestial gods do not harken to our cry, we will perish by the noose and fare to the god of the nether world, the great hospitaller of the dead […]

  2. A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA