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‖ xenodochium|zɛnəˈdɒkɪəm|
Also -ion, -eum. Pl. -a.
[Late L. xenodochīum, -ēum, ad. late Gr. ξενοδοχεῖον, f. ξένος stranger + δέχεσθαι to receive.]
A house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, guest-house, esp. in a monastery.
1612Coryat in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) II. 1829 In Constantinople, Peru, and Galata, there are..Karabassaries or Xenodochia foure hundred and eighteen. 1736Drake Eboracum i. vii. 246 [A] spital..was an house of entertainment for poor travellers or pilgrims..this [sc. spital of St. Catherine] was a Xenodochium of that kind. 1832Gell Pompeiana II. xiii. 18 Many have supposed that the xenodochium, or hospitium, for the reception of strangers was placed in this division of the mansion. 1844Lingard Anglo-Saxon Ch. (1858) I. vi. 246 Within the precincts of the monastery stood an edifice, distinguished by the Greek name of Xenodochium, in which a certain number of paupers received their daily support, and which was gratuitously opened to every traveller who solicited relief. 1865Lecky Ration. II. vi. 263 Long before the era of persecution had closed, the hospital and the Xenodochion, or refuge for strangers, was known among the Christians. |