hostelry

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersSynonyms: hostelinnlodgeauberge
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hostelry \Hos"tel*ry\, n. [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.] An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] --Chaucer. "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Come with me to the hostelry. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

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