'Hospice' definitions:

Definition of 'hospice'

(from WordNet)
noun
A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
noun
A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill

Definition of 'Hospice'

From: GCIDE
  • Hospice \Hos"pice\, n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.] 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. [1913 Webster]