the grande dame of the city's hostelries, it has played host to presidents, kings, and Hollywood royalty
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Sarasota, Florida The 1924 Frances Carlton, a 20-unit complex on the National Register of Historic Places, was modeled on ancient hostelries in the Pyrenees along the Spanish-French border.—The Week Staff, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024 The name reflects the fact nature is infused into every aspect of the hostelry, from luxuriant plantings to the names given the 179 guest rooms, each a reference to a different bird or flower.—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 Inspired by the great hostelries of Europe, notably The Ritz in Paris, The Chateau’s stately façade angles behind formal gardens that usher guests into an unparalleled luxe experience.—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024 At the same time here in rural Japan—feudal, hermetic, entirely unique—an era of peace and prosperity was underway in a society as intricate as a mechanical clock, and this remote mountain hostelry was welcoming a daily parade of traveling samurai, scholars, poets and sightseers.—Hiroshi Okamoto, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2020 See All Example Sentences for hostelry
Word History
Etymology
Middle English hostelrye, ostelrye, borrowed from Anglo-French hostillerie, from hosteler hosteler + -erie-ery
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