† xenoˈdochial,a.Obs.rare—1. [f.Gr. ξενοδοχία (xenodochy2) + -al1.] Given to receiving strangers; hospitable. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 402 The Insuperable Aversion, that those three Xenodochial Prelates seem'd always to exert against the French Nation.Ibid. 404.