A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
The building housing such an institution
An organization founded to promote a cause
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
To nominate; to appoint.
To begin or initiate (something); to found.