| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun hospitality.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (hospitality) | 1. Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers.[Wordnet]. 2. The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HOSPITALITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Specialty Definition: hospitality
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] The act or practice of receiving and entertaining strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality. A bishop--must be given to hospitality. 1 Tim.3. Hospitality I have found as universal as the face of man.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Bible | Hospitality was regarded by most nations of the ancient world as one of the chief virtues. The Jewish laws respecting strangers (Leviticus 19:33,34) and the poor, (Leviticus 23:14) seq. Deuteronomy 15:7 and concerning redemption (Leviticus 25:23) seq., etc. are framed in accordance with the spirit of hospitality. In the law compassion to strangers is constantly enforced by the words "for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Leviticus 19:34) And before the law, Abraham’s entertainment of the angels, (Genesis 18:1) seq., and Lot’s, (Genesis 19:1) are in exact agreement with its precepts, and with modern usage. Comp. (Exodus 2:20; Judges 13:15; 19:17,20,21) In the New Testament hospitality is yet more markedly enjoined; and in the more civilized state of society which then prevailed, its exercise became more a social virtue than a necessity of patriarchal life. The good Samaritan stands for all ages as an example of Christian hospitality. The neglect of Christ is symbolized by inhospitality to our neighbors. (Matthew 25:43) The apostles urged the Church to "follow after hospitality," (Romans 12:13) cf. 1Tim 5:10 to remember Abraham’s example, (Hebrews 13:2) to "use hospitality one to another without grudging," (1 Peter 4:9) while a bishop must be a "lover of hospitality (Titus 1:8) cf. 1Tim 3:2 The practice of the early Christians was in accord with these precepts. They had all things in common, and their hospitality was a characteristic of their belief. In the patriarchal ages we may take Abraham’s example as the most fitting, as we have of it the fullest account. "The account," says Mr. Lane, "of Abraham’s entertaining the three angels related in the Bible, presents a perfect picture of the manner in which a modern Bedawee sheikh receives travelers arriving at his encampment." The Oriental respect for the covenant of bread and salt, or salt alone, certainly sprang from the high regard in which hospitality was held. (references) | ||
| Technology | In classification, the property that allows new classes to be added to a system of notation as needed, without requiring the alteration of previously established schedules. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | In the western context, with its dynamic tension between Athens and Jerusalem, two phases can be distinguished with a very progressive transition: a hospitality based on an individually felt sense of duty, and one based on "official" institutions for organized but anonymous social services: special places for particular types of "strangers" such as the poor, orphan, ill, alien, criminal, etc. Perhaps this progressive institutionalization can be aligned to the transition between Middle Ages and Renaissance (Ivan_Illich, The Rivers North of the Future). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: hospitality
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Affinia Hospitality | Affinia Hospitality is a privately owned hotel chain in the New York City area. (references) | ||
| Hospitality Branch | The Hospitality Branch is a tributary of the Great Egg Harbor River in southeastern New Jersey in the United States. (references) | ||
| Hospitality industry | The hospitality industry is a catchall phrase covering a variety of Service Industries. It is often applied to Hotels and Resorts. (references) | ||
| Hospitality management | Hospitality management is the name given to the collegiate academic major in which students are taught the business of running hotels, restaurants, and travel and tourism-related business. (references) | ||
| Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union | The Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU) (the Missos) is one of Australia's largest unions, with almost 150,000 members. LHMU members work in a wide range of occupations including hospitality, property services, health, manufacturing and community services. (references) | ||
| Master of Management in Hospitality | The Master of Management in Hospitality program at the School of Hotel Administration is a one-year intensive graduate studies program, focusing on all aspects of hospitality management. Enrolling students pick one of five career tracks which include: (1) Real Estate Finance, (2) Operations Management, (3) Marketing and Information Systems, (4) Revenue Management, and (5) Entrepreneurship. (references) | ||
| Moto Hospitality | Moto Hospitality is a company which operates motorway service stations in the UK. (references) | ||
| Our Hospitality | Our Hospitality is a silent comedy directed, produced, written by and starring Buster Keaton. Released in 1923 by Metro Pictures Corporation, the movie uses slapstick and situational comedy to tell the story of Willie McKay, a city slicker who journeys to the country to collect an inheritance; while there, he gets caught in the middle of the infamous Canfield & McKay feud, an obvious satire of the real-life Hatfield & McCoy feud. The title refers to a fictionalized version of the Southern code of hospitality: the Canfields want to kill Willie McKay, but are forbidden to harm him as long as he is in their house. Learning this, McKay decides to never leave the house. (references) | ||
| Southern hospitality | Southern hospitality is a phrase used to describe the idea that residents of the Southeastern United States are particularly warm and welcoming to visitors to their homes, or to the South in general. A large component of the idea of Southern hospitality is the provision of Southern cuisine to visitors, hence there are a number of cookbooks that promise recipes advancing this purpose. (references) | ||
| Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation | The Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation, along with the Walt Disney World Company, Walt Disney Travel Company, Incorporated, and the Reedy Creek Improvement District, owns the land in the Walt Disney World Resort. These are all wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: hospitality
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hospitality of notation | Information | The quality of a notation to permit interpolation or extrapolation of arrays. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Pot of Hospitality | Literature | 1: (The). The pot au feu which in Ireland used to be shared with anyone who dropped in at mealtimes, or required refreshment. 2: "And the `pot of hospitality' was set to boil upon the fire, and there was much mirth and heartiness and entertainment."- Nineteenth Century, Oct., 1891, p. 643. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| SUPERVISOR, HOSPITALITY HOUSE | Occupations | Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in greeting, guiding, and serving patrons in amusement and recreation facilities: Formulates roster and personnel work assignments to assure work coverage. Explains work procedures for subordinates. Prepares written reports of operational activities to aid in planning future activities. Verifies cleanliness of facilities and operability of equipment and forwards work order forms on equipment requiring maintenance or repair to management. Inventories and orders supplies, checks and turns in receipts, and reviews correspondence. Attends meeting to plan future operational activities and implementation of plans with other department heads. (references) | |
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