imaretn.
/ɪˈmɑːrɛt//ˈɪmərɛt/ A hospice for the accommodation of pilgrims and travellers in Turkey.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc.
schooleOE
hospitalc1300
khanc1400
xenodochy?c1550
posting inn1556
vent1577
caravanserai1585
yam1587
serai1609
venta1610
post-house1611
xenodochium1612
imaret1613
seraglio1617
rancho1648
hospitium1650
watering-house1664
choultry1698
accommodation house1787
stage-house1788
spital1794
stand1805
resthouse1807
hospice1818
resting1879
stopping house1883
truck stop1961
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 299 Their Hospitals they call Imarets... They found them for the reliefe of the poore, and of Trauellers.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 124 We found a neat Carravansraw or Inne, the Turks call them Imareths, the Indians Sarrays.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iii. 315 Many a dome and fair roofed imaret.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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