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hos·tel·ry

 (hŏs′təl-rē)
n. pl. hos·tel·ries
An inn; a hotel.

[Middle English hostelrie, from Old French hostelerie, from hostel, lodging, inn; see hostel.]
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hostelry

(ˈhɒstəlrɪ)
n, pl -ries
archaic or facetious an inn
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hos•tel•ry

(ˈhɒs tl ri)

n., pl. -ries.
an inn or hotel.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hostelry - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelershostelry - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan - an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
imaret - a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
post house, posthouse - an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
roadhouse - an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
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Translations

hostelry

[ˈhɒstəlrɪ] N (hostelries (pl)) (esp Brit) → mesón m
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hostelry

[ˈhɒstəlri] (British) nauberge f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hostelry

n (obs)Herberge f (liter)
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I exulted in the boundless freedom of the design; the open air of that immense scene, where adventure followed adventure with the natural sequence of life, and the days and the nights were not long enough for the events that thronged them, amidst the fields and woods, the streams and hills, the highways and byways, hostelries and hovels, prisons and palaces, which were the setting of that matchless history.
The innkeeper when he saw him go without paying him ran to get payment of Sancho, who said that as his master would not pay neither would he, because, being as he was squire to a knight-errant, the same rule and reason held good for him as for his master with regard to not paying anything in inns and hostelries. At this the innkeeper waxed very wroth, and threatened if he did not pay to compel him in a way that he would not like.
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