hospitality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
    cordial reception.

WordNet

Hos`pi*tal"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalité.
Wordforms
plural Hospitalities
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913