Hostelry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           Come with me to the hostelry.            --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hostelry
       n : a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: {hostel},
            {inn}, {lodge}]