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hospital

/ˈhɑs.pɪ.tl̩/ noun A1
  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment. (countable, uncountable) · Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.· Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.

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These 900,000 francs will go out of the family in order to enrich some hospital; but it is ridiculous thus to yield to the caprices of an old man, and I shall, therefore, act according to my conscience.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 628 · C1
Down that ipecac went, not only once, but many times during the long, anxious night when the two little girls worked patiently over the suffering Minnie May, and Young Mary Joe, honestly anxious to do all she could, kept up a roaring fire and heated more water than would have been needed for a hospital of croupy babies.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 138 · C1
Lauretta says that the Americans at the hotel give a concert every fortnight in aid of the Charlottetown hospital, and they ask lots of the White Sands people to recite.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 172 · C1
The guests had got it up in aid of the Charlottetown hospital, and had hunted out all the available amateur talent in the surrounding districts to help it along.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 276 · C1

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