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ZOMG! philoxenia is open again?? their meatballs are the BEST! mmm, mmmmeat.
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I thought about trying to explain not just kashrut, but what a JEW was…and then decided that their philosophy of philoxenia, kindness to strangers, was more important than kashrut.
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It contains some ten thousand inhabitants, amiable, intelligent and distinguished by a _philoxenia_ befitting the traditions of men who sheltered Pythagoras in his hour of need.
Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910
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The [Greek: philoxenia], and the intercourse with other communities (the fostering of the "unitas") belonged, above all, to the affairs of the church.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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Dear to the heart of the believing Church for ages have been these precepts to love the brethren ([Greek: philadelphia]), to love the stranger ([Greek: philoxenia]), to remember Abraham at Mamre and Gideon at Ophrah with their angel-guests, and to see a possible angel-visitor in every needing stranger at the door.
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Therefore, the author of Hebrews hastens to add to his exhortation to philadelphia: philoxenia.
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In the evening, he will be addressing the meeting's opening session and on Monday taking part in a panel discussion about xenophobia and philoxenia.
timesofmalta.com 2008
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In the evening, he will be addressing the meeting's opening session and on Monday taking part in a panel discussion about xenophobia and philoxenia.
timesofmalta.com 2008
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This is the legendary Greek philoxenia, tender and thoughtful hospitality.
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In the evening, he will be addressing the meeting's opening session and on Monday taking part in a panel discussion about xenophobia and philoxenia.
timesofmalta.com 2008
madmouth commented on the word philoxenia
cf. xenophilia
August 13, 2009