inn

inn
    n 1: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn:
         {hostel}, {hostelry}, {inn}, {lodge}, {auberge}]
    

Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), n. [AS. in, inn, house, chamber, inn, from
   AS. in in; akin to Icel. inni house. See {In}.]
   1. A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation;
      residence; abode. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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            Therefore with me ye may take up your inn
            For this same night.                  --Spenser.
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   2. A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or
      wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
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   Note: As distinguished from a private boarding house, an inn
         is a house for the entertainment of all travelers of
         good conduct and means of payment, as guests for a
         brief period, not as lodgers or boarders by contract.
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               The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a
               provincial inn.                    --W. Irving.
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   3. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person;
      as, Leicester Inn. [Eng.]
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   4. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London,
      for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court;
      the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.
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   {Inns of chancery} (Eng.), colleges in which young students
      formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp
      attorn`ys, solocitors, etc.

   {Inns of court} (Eng.), the four societies of "students and
      practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise
      the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at
      the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and
      barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple,
      the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
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Inn \Inn\, v. t.
   1. To house; to lodge. [Obs.]
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            When he had brought them into his city
            And inned them, everich at his degree. --Chaucer.
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   2. To get in; to in. See {In}, v. t.
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Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inned} ([i^]nd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Inning}.]
   To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.
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Inn
in the modern sense, unknown in the East. The khans or
caravanserais, which correspond to the European inn, are not
alluded to in the Old Testament. The "inn" mentioned in Ex. 4:24
was just the halting-place of the caravan. In later times khans
were erected for the accommodation of travellers. In Luke 2:7
the word there so rendered denotes a place for loosing the
beasts of their burdens. It is rendered "guest-chamber" in Mark
14:14 and Luke 22:11. In Luke 10:34 the word so rendered is
different. That inn had an "inn-keeper," who attended to the
wants of travellers.
    

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "inn":
      boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fleabag, flophouse,
      guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, lodge,
      lodging house, ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public,
      public house, roadhouse, rooming house, tavern