Hostelry \Hos"tel*ry\, n. [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See {Hostel}.] An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] --Chaucer. ``Homely brought up in a rude hostelry.'' --B. Jonson. Come with me to the hostelry. --Longfellow.
hostelry n : a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: {hostel}, {inn}, {lodge}]