n. [ OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel. ]
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Hostel, and cf. Hostler. ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]