noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English hospitalite, from Middle French hospitalité, from Latin hospitalitat-, hospitalitas, from hospitalis of a guest, hospitable + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at hospital
1.
a. : the cordial and generous reception and entertainment of guests or strangers socially or commercially
built a house, and later a tavern … whose hospitality was known to thousands — American Guide Series: Vermont
the meaning of country hospitality … extends far beyond threshold and board — Louise D. Rich
b. : an instance of hospitality — usually used in plural
convivial and domestic hospitalities — R.W.Emerson
2. : ready receptivity especially to new ideas and interests
hope to give hospitality on my walls to new and promising American talent — Bennett Cerf
the great tradition in poetry has always offered ungrudging hospitality to ideas — J.L.Lowes