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Hostel
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the old name for an inn (see Hospital, ad init.); also employed at Oxford and Cambridge to designate the lodgings which were in ancient times occupied by students of the university and to a certain extent regulated by the authorities. In some English public schools what is known as the "hostel" system provides for an organization of the lodging accommodation under separate masterships.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hostel'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hostel.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hostel'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hostel.html. 1910.