• Hostelry

    Origin

    From Old French hostelerie

    Full definition of hostelry

    Noun

    hostelry

    (plural hostelries)
    1. an inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses)
    2. the art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel; the hostelry trade, a degree in hostelry and tourism
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