Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In classical antiquity, a present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class. Antiq.) A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.
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Examples
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Excusaui etiam me quia monachus eram, non habens, nec recipiens, nec tractans aurum vel argentum vel aliquid preciosum, solis libris et capella in qua seruiebamus deo exceptis: vnde nullum xenium afferebamus ei nec domino suo.
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Timebam etiam de interprete, ne ipse aliquid aliter dixissit, quam ego dixissem ei: quia ipsi bene voluisset, quod de omnibus fecissemus xenium.
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Excusaui etiam me quia monachus eram, non habens, nec recipiens, nec tractans aurum vel argentum vel aliquid preciosum, solis libris et capella in qua seruiebamus deo exceptis: vnde nullum xenium afferebamus ei nec domino suo.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Timebam etiam de interprete, ne ipse aliquid aliter dixissit, quam ego dixissem ei: quia ipsi bene voluisset, quod de omnibus fecissemus xenium.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Unless you are one of those unbalanced individuals who actually enjoys having company, I would recommend giving a xenium italics the author’s such as a pair of used socks, something that says ‘Here is a gift -- please go away.’
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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tybo xenium: Of course, the right's feeling of moral superiority is fed daily by the media
The Guardian World News Hadley Freeman 2011
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