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Definition of hostelry noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hostelry

noun
 
/ˈhɒstəlri/
 
/ˈhɑːstəlri/
(plural hostelries)
(old use or humorous)
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  1. a pub or hotelTopics Holidaysc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French hostelerie from hostelier ‘innkeeper’, from hostel, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.
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