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xenodochiums

xenodochiums is the plural of xenodochium.

Meaning of xenodochium

Noun

xenodochium (plural xenodochia or xenodochiums)

  1. A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.
    • Gregory the Great orders that the accounts of xenodochia should be audited by the bishop (Epist. iv. 27).1892, William Bright, The Canons of the First Four General Councils of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus and Chalcedon, 2nd edition, page 184

Questions about xenodochiums

What is xenodochiums the plural of?
Xenodochiums is the plural of xenodochium.

Words near xenodochiums in the dictionary

  1. xenodochia
  2. xenodochial
  3. xenodochion
  4. xenodochions
  5. xenodochium
  6. xenodochiums
  7. xenodochy
  8. xenodollar
  9. xenodollars
  10. xenodontine
  11. xenodontines

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