hostelry
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈhɒstəlri/
- Archaic
- The old hostelry provided a warm welcome and a hot meal to its guests.
- a spacious hostelry
- the most luxurious hostelry
Examples
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After a long day of hiking, we finally found a charming hostelry to stay for the night.
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Yesterday evening, I was at the local hostelry, bargaining labor against a barrel of summer's ale, and I was forced to step on three physical quarrels aborning.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our Paul here was just wondering where the local hostelry is.
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The house became a sort of hostelry.
Fiction book (1993) -
Reservations are recommended for either hostelry.
Fiction book (2002) -
It was dark inside the hostelry.
Fiction book (1991) -
Two men from the North American colonies registered at the Globe and Anchor, the largest and most respectable hostelry in the Strand.
Fiction book (2000) -
They sometimes took their dinners together at the hostelry's chophouse and seemed to get on well enough, except for their last meal together there.
Fiction book (2000) -
At the back of the central plaza stood a spacious hostelry, which appeared to offer comfortable accommodation and which Anacho favored, though Traz grumbled at what he considered excessive and unnecessary luxury.
Fiction book (1993) -
The quaint hostelry on the hill offers cozy rooms for weary travelers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people pay to stay and get meals and other services
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1.2
A small hotel by the road that has parking outside each room
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1.0
A small hotel in the countryside that offers rooms and meals
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3.4
A small house near nature where travelers stay temporarily
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3.4
A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there
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2.1
A cheap place for travelers or students to sleep, often with shared rooms and facilities
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3.1
A small home where you stay overnight and have breakfast
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3.3
Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time
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3.0
A cheap place where young travelers stay and share rooms and kitchens
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3.6
A house that rents rooms to people for short or long stays
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9.9
A small hotel or inn with a French style that offers rooms to guests
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3.8
A building that offers rooms for people to stay for a short time
An inn with a large open yard that shelters travellers and animals
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Morphology
Etymology
Hostelry comes from the same root as hostel and host, from an old Latin word hospes meaning 'guest' or 'host'. So a hostelry is literally a place that 'hosts' travellers, which is why it means a hotel or inn.