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spittalnoun
lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital
spittalnoun
a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
spittalnoun
a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Spittalnoun
A charitable foundation. In use only in the phrases, a spittal sermon, and rob not the spittal.
Etymology: Corrupted from hospital.
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Spittal
Spittal is a village and community that lies approximately halfway between Haverfordwest and Fishguard, near the village of Wolf's Castle in the county of Pembrokeshire in west Wales. Its name is a corruption of the word Hospital, which is also the root of such names as Spitalfields, London, Spital, Merseyside, Spital-in-the-Street, Lincolnshire, etc: the village possessed a hospitium belonging to the Cathedral of St David's. No trace of this remains. The population of the community in 2001 was 501. In 2004 a brand new primary school was built in the village to educate approximately 150 pupils, some of whom live outside the village itself. Other amenities include a community hall, a village green and a graveyard attached to the local church, St. Mary's. There is a pub in the village called the Pump on the Green. There was formerly a post office in the village, which closed on 8 January 2009.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Spittal is ranked #129825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Spittal surname appeared 131 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Spittal.
97.7% or 128 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spittal in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spittal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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