Hos'tel·ry noun [ Middle English hostelrie , hostelrye , ostelrie , Old French hostelerie , from hostel . See Hostel .] An inn; a lodging house. [ Archaic] Chaucer. 'Homely brought up in a rude hostelry .' B. Jonson. « Come with... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/64