hospitalarias

Hospitalarias is the feminine plural form of the Spanish adjective hospitalario, and it can function as a noun in reference to women connected with hospital work. The term has two broad senses: as an adjective, it describes things related to hospitals or hospital care; as a noun, it can refer to groups of women who work in hospitals or who belong to religious or charitable institutes devoted to hospital service.

In everyday usage, hospitalario and its feminine forms appear in expressions such as servicios hospitalarios (hospital services) or atención hospitalaria (hospital care). The feminine plural hospitalarias is used when the reference is to a feminine plural noun or to a group understood as female, for example when speaking of the women staff or members of a religious community described as las hospitalarias.

In religious and charitable contexts, several congregations have used the designation Hospitalarias to indicate a commitment to caring for the sick. These groups are often formed as sisters’ communities, and they may be known by specific names such as Hermanas Hospitalarias or Hospitalarias in different locales. The exact organization, history, and activities of such groups vary by country and tradition, but the core idea is care for the sick and service within hospital or healthcare settings.

Overall, hospitalarias carries a dual sense linked to hospital-related care and to female participants within hospital or hospital-linked charitable work, reflecting both secular and religious facets of healthcare traditions.