xenelasy
English
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editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλασία (xenēlasía, “expulsion of barbarians”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /zɪˈnɛləsi/
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Noun
editxenelasy (uncountable)
- The expulsion of foreigners.
- 1846, George Grote, A History of Greece:
- […] a numerous body of strangers or non-citizens (the old xenelasy, or prohibition of resident strangers, being long discontinued) domiciled in the town, and forming a powerful moneyed interest […]
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