xenelasia

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.

Pronunciation

Noun

xenelasia (uncountable)

  1. (Ancient Greece, historical) Synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”).
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