xenia
Definitions
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- noun The concept of hospitality to strangers.
- noun The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
Examples
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The strict duties between host and guest are governed by the Greek term ‘xenia’.
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At the same 1906 conference on hybridization where the word “genetics” was first adopted, he presented a paper on xenia, the effect of pollen on seeds.
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Aristotle classifies xenia as a friendship for utility and points out that such friends do not necessarily spend much time together or even find each other's company pleasant
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Such a relation of “guest-friendship” (xenia) was common between eminent citizens of different states; sometimes it was between an individual and a whole state (in which case the term proxenia, denoting a formalized relationship, was used; see 2.29.1, 2.85.5, 4.78.1, etc.)
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This is why artists called pictures representing the things which were sent to guests xenia.
Note
The word 'xenia' is from New Latin, from Greek 'xeniā', hospitality, from 'xenos', guest, stranger.
