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Meaning of XENELASIA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xen`e*la"si*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. xenhlasi`a
expulsion of strangers.] (Gr. Antiq.)
A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from
residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably
being to preserve the national simplicity of manners.
 
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