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hostelry
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Hostelry
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hos·tel·ry
/
ˈhɒs
tl
ri
/
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[
hos
-tl-ree
]
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noun,
plural
hos·tel·ries.
an inn or hotel.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
hostelrye,
variant of
hostelerie
<
Middle French.
See
hostel
,
-ry
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hostelry
(ˈhɒstəlrɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-ries
archaic
,
facetious
or
an inn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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