A lodge is a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
noun
1.

a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation,as of boughs,
poles, skins, earth, or roughboards; cabin or hut.
a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.
a summer cottage.
4.

a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate,occupied by a gatekeeper, care taker, gardener,or other employee.
5.

a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
6.

the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or thelike.
7.

the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternalorganizations.
verb (used without object), lodged, lodging.
13.

to have a habitation or quarters, especiallytemporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn:

We lodged in a guest house. live in rented quarters in another’s house:
He lodged with a local family during his collegedays.
15.

to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place orposition; come to rest; stick:

The bullet lodged in his leg.
verb (used with object), lodged, lodging.
16.

to furnish with a habitation or quarters, especiallytemporarily; accommodate:

Can you lodge us for the night?
17.

to furnish with a room or rooms in one’s house for payment; have as a lodger :

a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.
18.

to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for;shelter:

The château will lodge the ambassador during hisstay.
19.

to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storageor keeping; stow:

to lodge one’s valuables in a hotel safe.
to house or contain:

The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinalcord.
22.

to vest (power, authority, etc.).
In the ancient biblical days according to the Hebrew custom, people used to have a lodge in their homes, as a place prepared for guests.

When ever they had a guest, that guest was hosted, safe guarded, taken care of and also given a place to rest using via a lodge.

A lodge was a contained environment in one’s home, where one showed his or her hospitality, generosity and friendship towards a guest or a