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 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
To make way for the 220,000-square-foot mall, workers are razing the SeaPort Marina Hotel, which had seen better days as one of the city’s finest hostelries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
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
Could be the toast of hostelries up and down the land.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2017
Chapels and hostelries, in the days of Pliny, rose on the banks of the Clitumnus, where the votaries easily combined pleasure with religious duty.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
