xenelasy

• xenelasia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλασία (xenēlasía, “expulsion of barbarians”).

• IPA^(key): /zɪˈnɛləsi/

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xenelasy (uncountable)

1. 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 […]