||Xen`e*la"si*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr.
xenhlasi`a expulsion of strangers.] (Gr. Antiq.)
A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in
Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the
national simplicity of manners.
||Xen`e*la"si*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr.
xenhlasi`a expulsion of strangers.] (Gr. Antiq.)
A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in
Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the
national simplicity of manners.
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