xenodochium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌzɛn.əʊˈdəʊ.ki.əm/|/ˌzɛn.əˈdəʊ.ki.əm/    美 /ˌzɛn.oʊˈdoʊ.ki.əm/|/ˌzɛn.əˈdoʊ.ki.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.
    — Gregory the Great orders that the accounts of xenodochia should be audited by the bishop (Epist. iv. 27).

词形变化

xenodochia plural xenodochiums plural xenodocheion alternative xenodocheum alternative

词源

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ξενοδοχεῖον (xenodokheîon, “place for strangers, inn”) from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger, foreigner”) + δέχομαι (dékhomai, “receive, accept”).
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