different between hostelry vs hostry

English

Alternative forms

• hostelrie (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English hostelrye, from Old French hostelerie.

Noun

hostelry (countable and uncountable, plural hostelries)

1. (countable) An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
2. (uncountable) The art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel.

   the hostelry trade

   a degree in hostelry and tourism

See also

• hostler

English

Etymology

From Old French hosterie, from hoste (“host”). Doublet of osteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??st?i/

Noun

hostry (plural hostries)

1. (obsolete) A hostelry. [14th-18th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke II:

     And wrapped hym in swadlynge cloothes, and layed hym in a manger, because there was no roume for them within, in the hostrey.

   • c. 1593, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, IV.6:

     I, seeing that, took him by the leg and never rested pulling till I had pulled me his leg quite off, and now 'tis at home in mine hostry.

2. (obsolete) A stable for horses.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Rosyth, Shorty, shorty