xenialadj.
/ˈziːnɪəl/ Ancient Greek History.
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, the relation between host and guest: applied to a friendly relation between two persons of different countries, or between a person and a foreign country.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [adjective] > friendly relations between different countries
xenian1834
xenial1858
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 220 The Taphians,..from the xenial relation of their Lord Mentes to Ulysses, must in all likelihood have lived in the neighbourhood of Ithaca.
1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi iii. 87 Demetor Tasides..is represented..as being in xenial relations with Egypt.
Derivatives
ˈxenian adj. (in quot. 1834 rendering Greek ξένιος a title of Zeus as protector of the rights of hospitality).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [adjective] > friendly relations between different countries
xenian1834
xenial1858
1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 533 The holy customs of the Xenian Jove.
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