The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital. / Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.

cordial and generous towards guests / receptive and open-minded / favorable / favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.

A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.

plural of hospital

A hospitaller / (US) A physician who specializes in the care of hospital in-patients.

A person who attends visitors in a religious institution. / A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.

plural of hospitaller

plural of hospitalist

(countable, dated) A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.

(sociology) The reputation for people in the U.S. South to be particularly warm and welcoming to visitors.