- hospitality
- noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century hospitable treatment, reception, or disposition
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Hospitality — Hospitality … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Hospitality — refers to the relationship process between a guest and a host, and it also refers to the act or practice of being hospitable, that is, the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, with liberality and goodwill. Hospitality… … Wikipedia
Hospitality — • In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hospitality Hospitality … Catholic encyclopedia
hospitality — hos‧pi‧tal‧i‧ty [ˌhɒspˈtælti ǁ ˌhɑː ] noun [uncountable] MARKETING services such as food and drink that an organization provides for guests at a special event: • There was a reception in the hospitality suite before the game. ˌcorporate… … Financial and business terms
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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hospitality — index charity, largess (generosity), philanthropy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hospitality — late 14c., act of being hospitable, from O.Fr. hospitalité, from L. hospitalitem (nom. hospitalitas) friendliness to guests, from hospes (gen. hospitis) guest (see HOST (Cf. host) (1)) … Etymology dictionary
hospitality — [n] neighborliness accommodation, affability, amiability, cheer, companionship, comradeship, consideration, conviviality, cordiality, entertainment, friendliness, generosity, geniality, good cheer, heartiness, hospitableness, obligingness,… … New thesaurus
hospitality — ► NOUN ▪ the friendly and generous treatment of guests or strangers … English terms dictionary
hospitality — [häs΄pi tal′ə tē] n. pl. hospitalities [L hospitalitas < hospitalis: see HOSPITAL] the act, practice, or quality of being hospitable; solicitous entertainment of guests … English World dictionary
HOSPITALITY — In ancient Israel, hospitality was not merely a question of good manners, but a moral institution which grew out of the harsh desert and nomadic existence led by the people of Israel. The biblical customs of welcoming the weary traveler and of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
