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Definition of "xenodochia" []

  • Plural form of xenodochium. (noun)

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Use "xenodochia" in a sentence
  • "A new institution of chrity appears in the xenodochia, hospitals, which originated during the reign of"
  • "Hospices and shelters were found everywhere; there were also xenodochia, or hostelries for strangers; gerontocomia, or homes for the aged; ptochotrophia, or asylums for the poor; nosocomia, or hospitals for the sick; orphanotrophia, or foundling hospitals; brephotrophia, or crêches; and even lobotrophia, or homes for lepers."
  • "The first homes of which we have any knowledge were included in the xenodochia, or hospitals, that arose under the auspices of the Church during the reign of Constantine the Great."