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- noun Plural form of
choultry .
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Examples
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It is preceded by much more imposing porches (_mantapas_) and hypostyle halls or _choultries_, the latter being sometimes of extraordinary extent, though seldom lofty.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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In aid of casual distress, the country was full of choultries, which were inns and hospitals, where the traveller and the poor were relieved.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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In the hot climate of Hindostan, choultries or inns are founded along some of the public roads, as buildings for pious uses are elsewhere.
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