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Webster 1913 Edition


Hospitality

Hosˊpi-tal′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Hospitalities
(#)
.
[L.
hospitalitas
: cf. F.
hospitalité
.]
The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
Given to
hospitality
.
Rom. xii. 13.
And little recks to find the way to heaven
By doing deeds of
hospitality
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Hospitality

HOSPITAL'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. hospitalitas.] The act or practice of receiving and entertaining strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
A bishop--must be given to hospitality. 1 Tim.3.
Hospitality I have found as universal as the face of man.