hostelry
Americannoun
plural
hostelriesnoun
Etymology
Origin of hostelry
1350–1400; Middle English hostelrye, variant of hostelerie < Middle French. See hostel, -ry
Example Sentences
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It took about a decade to plan and build the Santa Monica hostelry, and the 148-room Downtown L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022
The Sun reported the military commission that heard the testimony was housed in the Eutaw House, then a prominent Eutaw Street hostelry near today’s Hippodrome Theatre.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2020
Since everyone who will visit has been on a significant journey, step one for SVR was exceptional food and hostelry.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 14, 2017
What Gallagher lacks in snark she makes up for in business perspective, including a long competitive analysis with thoughts from industry leaders that assesses how Airbnb fits into the conventional hostelry business.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2017
The ghost Ari-Eil had told them—or been compelled by Minya to tell them—that the faranji were to be housed at the Merchants’ Guildhall, where a wing had been outfitted as a hostelry just for them.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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