xenelasy
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλασία (xenēlasía, “expulsion of barbarians”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /zɪˈnɛləsi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]xenelasy (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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