hostelry

[ hos-tl-ree ]

noun

, plural hos·tel·ries.

1. an inn or hotel.

hostelry

/ ˈhɒstəlrɪ /

noun

1. archaic.
   an inn

Word History and Origins

Origin of hostelry¹

1350–1400; Middle English hostelrye, variant of hostelerie < Middle French. See hostel, -ry

Example Sentences

My friend Tom, an inveterate New York-Florida driver, tells me that the finest hostelry on the route is a Hampton Inn.

From The Daily Beast

We revelled in its resemblance, or its fancied resemblance to the famous old hostelry kept by old John Willet.

From Project Gutenberg

By noon they had reached Voiron, and here, at a quiet hostelry, they descended to pause awhile for rest and refreshment.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a fire burning in the general-room of the hostelry, and Garnache went to warm him at its cheerful blaze.

From Project Gutenberg

We must now be supposed to have reached the entrance of the hostelry, for indeed it was a Covent Garden tavern and nothing more.

From Project Gutenberg

So by wood and mere and sighing reed we pass with many a twist and turn until we reach the hostelry of Horning Ferry.

From Project Gutenberg