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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hospitality \Hos`pi*tal"i*ty\, n.; pl {Hospitalities}. [L.
hospitalitas: cf F. hospitalit['e].]
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. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hospitality
n : kindness in welcoming guests or strangers [syn: {cordial
reception}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain
persons who are not in need of food and lodging.
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