xenodochiumn.
/zɛnəˈdɒkɪəm/ A house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, guest-house, esp. in a monastery.
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society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > guesthouse
almshouse1440
xenodochy?c1550
forastery1604
xenodochium1612
hospitium1650
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc.
schooleOE
hospitalc1300
khanc1400
xenodochy?c1550
posting inn1556
vent1577
caravanserai1585
yam1587
serai1609
venta1610
post-house1611
xenodochium1612
imaret1613
seraglio1617
rancho1648
hospitium1650
watering-house1664
choultry1698
accommodation house1787
stage-house1788
spital1794
stand1805
resthouse1807
hospice1818
resting1879
stopping house1883
truck stop1961
1612 Coryat in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) II. 1829 In Constantinople, Peru, and Galata, there are..Karabassaries or Xenodochia foure hundred and eighteen.
1736 F. Drake Eboracum i. vii. 246 [A] spital..was an house of entertainment for poor travellers or pilgrims..this [sc. spital of St. Catherine] was a Xenodochium of that kind.
1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. iv. 210 Within the precincts of each monastery stood an edifice, distinguished by the Greek name of Xenodochium, in which a certain number of paupers received their daily support, and which was gratuitously opened to every traveller, who solicited relief.
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana II. xiii. 18 Many have supposed that the xenodochium, or hospitium, for the reception of strangers was placed in this division of the mansion.
1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism II. vi. 263 Long before the era of persecution had closed, the hospital and the Xenodochion, or refuge for strangers, was known among the Christians.
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