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▪ I. hospitate, a. rare.|ˈhɒspɪtət| [ad. med.L. hospitāt-us: see Du Cange.] Devoted to the purposes of a hospice.
1869R. Willis Hist. Monast. Christ Ch. Canterb. v. (heading), Hospitate and private buildings of the prior. Ibid. Index, Hospitate buildings of the Monastery. ▪ II. hospitate, v. rare.|ˈhɒspɪteɪt| [f. L. hospitāt-, ppl. stem of hospitārī to be a guest, med.L. hospitāre to receive as a guest, f. hospit-em guest, host n.2] †1. trans. To lodge or entertain. Obs. rare—0.
1623Cockeram, Hospitate, to lodge one. †2. intr. To lodge, take up one's abode. Obs.
1681Grew Museum (J.), This hospitates with the living animal in the same shell. 3. Repr. Ger. hospitieren, To attend university lectures as an occasional student.
a1886W. B. Robertson Martin Luther etc. ii. (1892) 113 You may hospitate, as it is called, though you are not a Bursch. So hospiˈtation, reception as a guest, hospitable entertainment. ˈhospitator (L. hospitātor), one who receives or entertains hospitably.
1851Illustr. Calend. Angl. Ch. 251 From his great liberality to travellers and wayfarers, he [Saint Julian] is called Hospitator, and is considered the patron saint of travellers, ferrymen, and wandring minstrels. 1863J. R. Walbran Mem. Fountains Abbey (Surtees) 188 He..was admitted by the grace and favour of Queen Margeret to her household and hospitation. 1894J. A. Whitlock Hosp. God's House, Southampt. 28 The traditionary life of St. Julian, Hospitator. |