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Hostelrie means Obsolete form of hostelry..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Obsolete form of hostelry..
The man of office then briefly acquainted them that this would be their residence till his Grace’s further orders; that they were to go to the pantry, to the buttery, to the cellar, and to the kitchen, at the usual hours, to receive the allowances becoming their station,—instructions which Adam Woodcock’s old familiarity with the court made him perfectly understand—“For your beds,” he said, you must go to the hostelrie of Saint Michael’s, in respect the palace is now full of the domestics of the greater nobles.”
“Not above four leagues, sir,” replied the man: “it is but a little distance to St. Leu; and at the hostelrie there you will find all that any one can desire.”
This hostelrie is the only one dedicated to St. Julian in all our forest chase, and was a pilgrims’ inn before the times of Chaucer.
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Hostelrie means Obsolete form of hostelry..
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The man of office then briefly acquainted them that this would be their residence till his Grace’s further orders; that they were to go to the pantry, to the buttery, to the cellar, and to the kitchen, at the usual hours, to receive the allowances becoming their station,—instructions which Adam Woodcock’s old familiarity with the court made him perfectly understand—“For your beds,” he said, you must go to the hostelrie of Saint Michael’s, in respect the palace is now full of the domestics of the greater nobles.”
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