Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hostelry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Come with me to the hostelry. --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hostelry
n : a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: {hostel},
{inn}, {lodge}]
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