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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.

Definition 2024

hospitality

hospitality

English

Noun

hospitality ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hospitalities)

  1. The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests.
    Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.
  2. (business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.
    After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.

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Derived terms

  • corporate hospitality

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Etymology

From Old French hospitalité (French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās ‎(“hospitality”), from hospitālis ‎(“hospitable”), from hospes ‎(“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English giest-líðnys ‎(“guestliness”), from giest ‎(“guest”).

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