Hospitality Definition

hŏspĭ-tălĭ-tē
hospitalities
noun
hospitalities
Cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.
American Heritage
The act, practice, or quality of being hospitable; solicitous entertainment of guests.
Webster's New World
(business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Hospitality

Noun

Singular:
hospitality
Plural:
hospitalities

Origin of Hospitality

  • From Old French hospitalite (French hospitalité), from Latin hospitalitas (“hospitality”), from hospitalis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English giest-líðnys (“guestliness”), from giest (“guest”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hospitalite from Old French from Latin hospitālitās from hospitālis of a guest hospital

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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