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hospitation

hospitation noun: a duty to provide food and lodging for nobles or soldiers and the corresponding right to receive.

Noun

hospitation (countable and uncountable, plural hospitations)

  1. A duty to provide food and lodging for nobles or soldiers and the corresponding right to receive.
  2. A visit, for learning or for inspection and evaluation.

Forms of hospitation

pluralhospitations

Origin of hospitation

From Latin hospes ("guest, visitor").

Questions about hospitation

What does hospitation mean?
Hospitation means a duty to provide food and lodging for nobles or soldiers and the corresponding right to receive.
What part of speech is hospitation?
Hospitation is a noun.
What is the plural of hospitation?
The plural of hospitation is hospitations.

Words near hospitation in the dictionary

  1. hospitals
  2. hospitate
  3. hospitated
  4. hospitates
  5. hospitating
  6. hospitation
  7. hospitations
  8. hospitia
  9. hospiticide
  10. hospiticides
  11. hospitious

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