Noun: xenium
| Singular | xenium |
| Plural | xenia |
Sample Sentences
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At Rochester the Bishop received a xenium or pension on St. Andrew's Day from the convent. [1872, Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott, Traditions and customs of cathedrals, page 136:]
Nouns inflected like xenium
meroplasmodium,
paleostriatum,
urodeum,
siphonium,
cladodium,
apogalacticum,
surrogatum,
siglum,
accubitum,
endoplasmic reticulum,
microsclerotium,
xystum,
archipterygium,
pleiochasium,
tripudium,
endosporium,
xenium,
separatum,
viscidium,
zoœcium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin xenium, from Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion), neuter accusative of ξένῐος (xénĭos, “pertaining to a guest”, adjective), ultimately from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger”). First attested in the 1700s. See: Latin Nouns '
xenium', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ξένιον'.