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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 802 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOSTEL , the old name for an See also:

inn (see See also:HOSPITAL, ad init.) ; also employed at See also:Oxford and See also:Cambridge to designate the lodgings which were in See also:ancient times occupied by. students of the university and to a certain extent regulated by the authorities. In some See also:English public See also:schools what is known as the "hostel " See also:system provides for an organization of the lodging See also:accommodation under See also:separate masterships.

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