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INN, n. Heb. To dwell or to pitch a tent.

1. A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. In America, it is often a tavern, where liquors are furnished for travelers and others.

There was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2 .

2. In England, a college of municipal or common law professors and students formerly, the town-house of a nobleman, bishop or other distinguished personage, in which he resided when he attended the court.

Inns of court, colleges in which students of law reside and are instructed. The principal are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.

Inns of chancery, colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies. These are now occupied chiefly by attorneys, solicitors, &c.

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Entry for 'Inn'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​i/inn.html.
 
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