Dictionary entry

Hospitality

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hos′pi‐tal″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Hospitalities (#). [L. hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalité.] 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.