||Xen`o*do*chi"um (?), n. [LL., fr. L.
xenodochium a building for the reception of strangers, Gr. &?;
.] (a) (Class. Antiq.) A house for the
reception of strangers. (b) In the Middle
Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of
strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also
Xenodocheion.]
||Xen`o*do*chi"um (?), n. [LL., fr. L.
xenodochium a building for the reception of strangers, Gr. &?;
.] (a) (Class. Antiq.) A house for the
reception of strangers. (b) In the Middle
Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of
strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also
Xenodocheion.]
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