Definitions
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- noun (Class. Antiq.) A house for the reception of strangers.
- noun 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 .]
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- noun A
room (or separateguesthouse ) in amonastery for the temporary accommodation ofguests orpilgrims .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Apostate came to the throne (361) is evident from the letter which that emperor sent to Arsacius, high-priest of Galatia, directing him to establish a xenodochium in each city to be supported out of the public revenues (Soxomen, V, 16).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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About the same time, the Roman senator Pammachius founded a xenodochium at Porto which St. Jerome praises in his letter on the death of Paulina, wife of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The first establishment in France dates from the sixth century, when the pious King Chuldebert and his spouse founded a xenodochium at
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The hospitium, the domus hospitalis, the xenodochium, which are mentioned before the thirteenth century, were in general only a refuge for alien (hospites, xenoi) travellers, poor wanderers, and pilgrims so numerous in the Middle Ages.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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During the pontificate of Vigilius (537-555) Belisarius founded a xenodochium in the Via Lata at Rome (Lib.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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