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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlasíā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.
Pronunciation
Noun
xenelasia (uncountable)
- (Ancient Greece, historical) Synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”)