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A suburb of Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9675).
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An eastern suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3970).
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A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).
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noun
A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
See spital.
From Middle English spitel, an aphetic form, from Medieval Latin hospitāle.
