XENIA

Xenia

Xenia is the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, the generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home and/or associates of the person bestowing guest-friendship. The rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host expressed in both material benefits as well as non-material ones .

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xenia

Noun

  1. The concept of hospitality to strangers.
  2. The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.


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