Xenodocheion
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A Xenodocheion or Xenodochion is a building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...

 for the reception of strangers, especially in a monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...

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