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hostelry

[hos-tl-ree] / ˈhɒs tl ri /
NOUN
lodging
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The originality resides in the array of talented artists who’ve been brought in to consult on and contribute to a hostelry that owes almost as much to curation as commercialism.

From Washington Post Jul. 22, 2022

It took about a decade to plan and build the Santa Monica hostelry, and the 148-room Downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2022

The Sun reported the military commission that heard the testimony was housed in the Eutaw House, then a prominent Eutaw Street hostelry near today’s Hippodrome Theatre.

From Washington Times Sep. 6, 2020

Indeed, there is one hostelry where the flat cap isn't only acceptable, it's actively encouraged.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2018

The ghost Ari-Eil had told them—or been compelled by Minya to tell them—that the faranji were to be housed at the Merchants’ Guildhall, where a wing had been outfitted as a hostelry just for them.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The iconic Watergate Hotel, it turned out, was one of the luxury hostelries where the troops were lodging — largely a contingent from Maine.

From Washington Post Jan. 29, 2021

Perhaps mindful that not everyone approves of them opening, some hostelries have decided to give their Good Friday takings to charity.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2018

To make way for the 220,000-square-foot mall, workers are razing the SeaPort Marina Hotel, which had seen better days as one of the city’s finest hostelries.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2017

On this date in 1928, The Kinney House in Globe, one of the oldest of the early Arizona hostelries and the residence of Governor George W.P.

From Washington Times Aug. 16, 2017

They deemed those hostelries places of hospitable convenience, not of lively entertainment.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse




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