hostelry
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hostelry
1350–1400; Middle English hostelrye, variant of hostelerie < Middle French. See hostel, -ry
Example Sentences
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Arrived home at the Hostelry, armed with this approval, Tony found her Uncle's answering wire bidding her do as she thought best and sending heartiest love and congratulations.
From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Piper, Margaret Rebecca
In 1778, we find in the old Quebec Gazette, a grand fête champêtre, given by Lady Maria Carleton and her gallant partner Sir Guy, at the Red House, a fashionable rustic Hostelry, kept by Alex.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
Hostel, hos′tel, Hostelry, hos′tel-ri, n. an inn: in some universities an extra-collegiate hall for students.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
It is agreeable to escape, as Henley said, into the Street of By-and-Bye, where stands the Hostelry of Never.
From What's Wrong with the World by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The Hostelry would ill approve of her going anywhere to dance at such an hour.
From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Piper, Margaret Rebecca
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