xenelasia

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlasíā, 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)