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hostelry Definition

hos·telry (hästəl rē)

noun pl. -·ries

a lodging place; inn; hotel

Etymology: ME hostellerie < OFr < hostel: see hostel

hostelry Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • town: The Inn is said to be haunted - as are a number of these older hostelries in the town.

Converse of object

  • welcome: Fellowship in the refectory queue and around the bars of the welcoming village hostelries.
  • visit: Afterward, visit a local hostelry where you can relax beside a roaring fire.
  • know: We supped and at length our party moved on to a most agreeable hostelry known to all as the Variety.
  • run: Mr Marklew, who has run the hostelry for the past five years, today confirmed that he was leaving the pub next week.
  • name: The only named hostelry is the Red Lion Inn at the Ty'n-y-bedw end of the town.
  • find: Once done, we found a local hostelry where we marked on the checkpoints over a couple of beers.

Preposition: for

  • refreshment: At lunch time Tony led us out of the forest to the local hostelry for refreshment.
  • lunch: After service fare is biscuits and coffee and a group of students usually go on to a local hostelry for lunch.
  • beer: After the concert the band returned to Lausanne to find a local hostelry for a few post concert beers.

Adjective modifier

  • nearby: Round off with a breakfast at a nearby hostelry.
  • local: Many an hour can be spent outside the local hostelry watching these boats navigate the locks.
  • ancient: I could really have fancied being trapped in the ancient hostelry overnight with another glass or two of the Soave.
  • near: I managed to hitch a lift to the nearest hostelry, where my wife was waiting with a new tire.
  • friendly: There are also a number of friendly hostelries within 5 minutes walk of the ground.
  • historic: Heading further east to Wapping Wall we come to the third of the trio of historic Wapping hostelries, the Prospect of Whitby.

Noun used with modifier

  • village: The Fox and Hounds remains one of the few unspoiled village hostelries nestling in glorious countryside on the edge of the North Cotswolds.
  • century: Originally an 18th Century hostelry, the hotel is built around a courtyard.
  • country: In the seventeenth century and later, as old pictures testify, the inn presented the usual features of a large old country hostelry.
  • waterside: They are full of character with delightful shops, restaurants and waterside hostelries.