What's the difference between hostelry and hostry?
Hostelry
Definition:
(n.) An inn; a lodging house.
Example Sentences:
(1) You will find them in former dog grooming parlours, bakeries, butcher shops: tiny little hostelries have been springing up all across eastern Kent.
(2) Farquhar himself suffered 38 shrapnel wounds, and proudly told anyone who would listen that this had been the exact number of hostelries in Stromness before it had been declared a dry parish in 1922.
(3) Founded in 1757, this snug and steamy hostelry is the city’s oldest chop house and all its meals (mains from £5.75) are served with a complimentary sausage.
(4) So, for the record, from today about 320 Independent employees will go up the central elevator into the atrium that once acted as a meeting point for Associated hacks and is now the closest we have to one of Fleet Street's hostelries - a place where staff on the Mail, the Evening Standard, the Independent and others can meet and complain about the boss class.
(5) "The pope's master of ceremonies at the time said the painting was a work only fit to be hung in public baths and hostelrie – and he was spot on," said Lazzarini.
(6) The Plockton Inn is a cosy old hostelry with 14 comfy rooms split between the inn and an old cottage across the street.