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hostries

hostries is the plural of hostry.

Meaning of hostry

Noun

hostry (plural hostries)

  1. (obsolete) A hostelry.
    • And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed hym in a manger / be cauſe there was no roume for them with in / in the hoſtrey.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke ij:[7], folio lxxiiij, verso
  2. (obsolete) A stable for horses.
    • An Hoſtry now for Waggons;1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 112

Questions about hostries

What is hostries the plural of?
Hostries is the plural of hostry.

Words near hostries in the dictionary

  1. hostorium
  2. hostplant
  3. hostplants
  4. hostress
  5. hostresses
  6. hostries
  7. hostrock
  8. hostrocks
  9. hostry
  10. hostryinge
  11. hosts

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