Hospitalities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hospitality \Hos`pi*tal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Hospitalities}. [L.
     hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalit['e].]
     The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and
     entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with
     kind and generous liberality.
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           Given to hospitality.                    --Rom. xii.
                                                    13.
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           And little recks to find the way to heaven
           By doing deeds of hospitality.           --Shak.
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