1350-1400;Middle Englishhostelrye, variant of hostelerie < Middle French. See hostel, -ry
Examples from the web for hostelry
Clients from the arts, media, and even the political or business world are drawn to this unusual hostelry.
He must be a clever host that would take the devil into his hostelry.
He opened a general trading store which soon prospered into a stagecoach stop, a post office, a hostelry and a dairy farm.
British Dictionary definitions for hostelry
hostelry
/ˈhɒstəlrɪ/
noun (pl) -ries
1.
(archaic or facetious) an inn
Word Origin and History for hostelry
n.
late 14c. (as a surname from early 14c.), from Old French hostelerie "house, guest-house; kitchen; hospice, almshouse" (12c., Modern French hôtellerie), from hostel (see host). Lost, then revived 19c.