HOSPITAL

(Fr. hdpital.) In Architecture, a building raised and endowed for the reception of persons incapable of supporting themselves and procuring medical a istance, or as;i refuge for the unfortunate or needy. Many of the charitable institutions in Great Britain are called hospitals; and are incorporated bodies, po e ed of great wealth, which is expended in the support of schools, . (See JiPCulloch's Statistics; De Gerando ut la Bienfaisance publique, vol. iv., book 3.) [s. 582]