- Xenodochium
- A place set up on pilgrim routes for their and other travellers' use as an overnight hostel.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Xenodochium
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XENODOCHIUM — Graece Ξενοδοχεῖον, locus est πρὸς κοινὴν ὑποδοχὴν τῶ ξένων κατεσκευασμένος, can. 10. Concil. Chalced. in Collect. Constitut. Eccl. ex l. 1. Cod. tit. 2. num. 15. alibique memoratus, ubi a Μαρτυρίῳ, sacello seu templo, in Martyris alicuius… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Xenodochium — Xen o*do*chi um, n. [LL., fr. L. xenodochium a building for the reception of strangers, Gr. ? .] (a) (Class. Antiq.) A house for the reception of strangers. (b) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Xenodochĭum — (griech.), Herberge, Hospital; s. Krankenhäuser, S. 572. S. auch Xenien (Bot.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Xenodochium — Xenodọchium [zu griechisch doche̅ »Aufnahme«, »Bewirtung«] das, s/...chi|en, Hospital. * * * Xe|no|dọ|chi|um, das; s, ...ien [lat. xenodochium < griech. xenodocheĩon, zu: déchesthai = aufnehmen]: (in der alten Kirche) Ort zur Aufnahme von… … Universal-Lexikon
Xenodochium — Xe|no|do|chi|um [...x...] das; s, ...ien [...i̯ən] <über gleichbed. spätlat. xenodochium aus gr. xenodocheĩon> altkirchliche Fremdenherberge, Vorläufer des mittelalterlichen ↑Hospizes … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Xenodochīum Romanōrum — (Alonizium), Palast im alten Constantinopel, s.d. S. 381 … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Xenodochium — … Deutsch Wikipedia
xenodochium — noun a room (or separate guest house) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims … Wiktionary
xenodochium — xen·o·do·chi·um … English syllables
xenodochium — A home for the disabled and for the friendless … Grandiloquent dictionary
