hostelry.
An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
Meaning & usage
An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
The art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hostelerie, from Middle French hostellerie, from Old French hostelerie, ostelerie; by surface analysis, hostel + -ry.
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