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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 972 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ZENODOCHIUM (Gr. Eevot5oxeiov, E vor, stranger, guest, BEXEV6at, to receive)

ZENODOCHIUM (Gr. Eevot5oxeiov, E vor, stranger, See also:
GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)
guest, BEXEV6at, to receive) , the name given by the Greeks to a See also:

BUILDING

building erected for the reception of strangers .

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