Xenodochium
//ˌzɛn.oʊˈdoʊ.ki.əm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.
"Gregory the Great orders that the accounts of xenodochia should be audited by the bishop (Epist. iv. 27)."
Example
More examples"Gregory the Great orders that the accounts of xenodochia should be audited by the bishop (Epist. iv. 27)."
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ξενοδοχεῖον (xenodokheîon, “place for strangers, inn”) from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger, foreigner”) + δέχομαι (dékhomai, “receive, accept”).
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