hostelry
noun
an inn or hotel.
hostelries
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pluralof hostelry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The hostelries are part of billions of dollars of development that has transformed the once-blighted South Park neighborhood, starting with the completion of then-Staples Center in 1999 and followed by the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
The iconic Watergate Hotel, it turned out, was one of the luxury hostelries where the troops were lodging — largely a contingent from Maine.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2021
Perhaps mindful that not everyone approves of them opening, some hostelries have decided to give their Good Friday takings to charity.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2018
On this date in 1928, The Kinney House in Globe, one of the oldest of the early Arizona hostelries and the residence of Governor George W.P.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2017
In spite of the vast number of inns in Philadelphia, another English gentleman bore testimony in 1823 that he deemed the city ill-provided with hostelries.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
