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xenia

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Ancient Greek practice of welcoming and caring for guests

noun
/ˈzɛn.i.ə/

Literature

: xenia

In the movie "GoldenEye," tough seductress Xenia Onnatopp crushes men to death by squeezing their lungs between her developed thighs.

Examples

The gods told the old couple that unlike the other townspeople, they had shown true Xenia, or loving hospitality to strangers.
Many cultures celebrate xenia by welcoming strangers into their homes and treating them as family.
In that era, one of the normal assignments for a black officer was as the professor of Military Science and Tactics at this small black school near Xenia, Ohio.

Academic text (1996)
The old couple's kind act of offering food and shelter to the weary traveler exemplified the true spirit of xenia.
In ancient Greece, xenia was considered a sacred obligation that hosts owed to their guests.

Synonyms

hospitality

vsxenia

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Friendly and generous welcome that makes guests feel at home

is the same practice but as an ancient Greek social custom

Surface Forms

xenia singular

xenias plural

Etymology

Xenia comes from the Greek root xenos, meaning 'guest' or 'stranger', and it named the old rule of welcoming and caring for guests. That is why xenia means 'hospitality'—the idea of treating a visitor kindly and with respect.