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Webster 1913 Edition
Xenodochium
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Xenˊo-do-chi′um
(zĕnˊō̍-dō̍-kī′ŭm)
, Noun.
[LL., fr. L.
xenodochium
a building for the reception of strangers, Gr. ξενοδοχεῖον
.] (a)
(Class. Antiq.)
A house for the reception of strangers.
(b)
In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also
Xenodocheion
.]