There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not
worth a mite.
Chaucer.
Ho*tel" (?), n. [F. hÙtel, OF. hostel. See Hostel.] 1. A house for
entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the
better class.
2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or
wealth.
||HÙtel`-de-ville" (?), n. [F.] A city hall or townhouse.
||HÙtel`-Dieu" (?), n. [F.] A hospital.
Hot"en (?), p. p. of Hote.