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Definition of Hospitality

1. Noun. Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers.

Definition of Hospitality

1. n. The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

Definition of Hospitality

1. Noun. (business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service. ¹

2. Noun. The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hospitality

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hospitality

Literary usage of Hospitality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"Contrary to what is the case with other duties which men owe to their fellow-creatures, in every progressive society we find hospitality on the wane. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"On the other hand the virtue of hospitality was quite generally insisted on; and this trait, as will presently appear, holds a prominent place in Christian ..."

3. Outback in Australia: Or, Three Australian Overlanders; Being an Account of by Kilroy Harris (1913)
"The hospitality extended to all who peregrinate in the Never Never, ... One might say that this hospitality is a custom brought about by peculiar ..."

4. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"X. The Pilgrims arrive at the House of Gaius, where they are entertained with hospitality. NOW as they were thus in their way, there came one running to ..."

5. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"The house was large and handsome; and the Middletons lived in a style of equal hospitality and elegance. The former was for Sir John's gratification, ..."

6. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1916)
"ELIZABETHAN hospitality By MAY B. VAN ARSDALE Assistant Professor of Household Arts, Teachers College The contribution of the department of foods and ..."

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