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theoxeny

theoxeny is the alternative form of theoxenia.

Meaning of theoxenia

Noun

theoxenia (uncountable)

  1. Hospitality towards a god who visits as a guest.
    • S. Reixach maintains that the rite of theoxenia is derived from the primitive conception of the gods as relatives of those who entertain them...1902, Archaeological Institute of America, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, American School of Classical Studies in Rome, American journal of archaeology

Questions about theoxeny

What is theoxeny the alternative form of?
Theoxeny is the alternative form of theoxenia.

Words near theoxeny in the dictionary

  1. theowdom
  2. theowman
  3. theowmen
  4. theows
  5. theoxenia
  6. theoxeny
  7. theozoology
  8. theozyme
  9. theozymes
  10. thepla
  11. theplas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theoxeny (page history and authors); theoxenia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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