xenodochy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Reception of strangers; hospitality. uncountable
    — Bushmen, as a class, are a very hospitable race — generous in their sympathies, fond of practising the virtue of xenodochy, entertain strangers with a rough but ready welcome; and it is a pity to see men of this stamp tossed about as they are.

词源

From Ancient Greek ξενοδοχία (xenodokhía), from ξένος (xénos, “alien”) + δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”).
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