Definition of "xenodochium" []

• A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims. (noun)

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• "Apostate came to the throne (361) is evident from the letter which that emperor sent to Arsacius, high-priest of Galatia, directing him to establish a xenodochium in each city to be supported out of the public revenues (Soxomen, V, 16)."
• "About the same time, the Roman senator Pammachius founded a xenodochium at Porto which St. Jerome praises in his letter on the death of Paulina, wife of"
• "The first establishment in France dates from the sixth century, when the pious King Chuldebert and his spouse founded a xenodochium at"