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Definition of Caravansary
1. Noun. An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
Generic synonyms: Auberge, Hostel, Hostelry, Inn, Lodge
Definition of Caravansary
1. n. A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.
Definition of Caravansary
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of caravanserai) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caravansary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caravansary
Literary usage of Caravansary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orientalisms in Bible Lands by Edwin Wilbur Rice (1910)
"A caravansary is a lodging place, a somewhat pretentious building, ... The better
class of caravansary sometimes appears to the stranger like a castle or ..."
2. Book Lovers' Verse: Being Songs of Books and Bookmen Compiled from English by Howard Shaw Ruddy (1899)
"... THE caravansary I KEEP a caravansary, And, be it night or day, I entertain
such travelers As chance to come my way. Hafiz, maybe, or Sadi, ..."
3. The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Part Fourth, Adventures of Two Youths in by Thomas Wallace Knox (1905)
"Frank asked if the Eastern caravansary of the present day was like the same
institution mentioned several times in the Bible. ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1848)
"... at the conclusion of the caravansary- keeper's story, " your tale has interested
me much. Tell that black-faced beauty to bring more coffee, ..."
5. From the Black Sea Through Persia and India by Edwin Lord Weeks (1896)
"Hadji is flushed and burning, and has stretched himself out in a niche in the
wall of the superb caravansary, where we THK ..."
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