Hŏs'tel-ry

(Synop., § 130), F. hostellerie, Pr. hostal, ostal, ostalaria, Sp. hostal, It. ostale, ospitale, ostello, L. Lat. hospitale, hospitalis, from Lat. hospitalis, hospitalia. See HOSPITAL, and cf. HOTEL.

1Sense 1. An inn. [Rare.]

How loud, broad, deep, . . . is the plowman's or the shepherd's mirth, as a hundred bold, sunburnt visages make the rafters of the old hostel ring? Prof. Wilson.

2Sense 2. A small college, not endowed, in Oxford and Cambridge. [Obs.]