Meaning of xenial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
   uncommon
2. Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly.
   uncommon

Equivalents

Examples

“Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense⟳ of a common name⟳, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense⟳ of a common tribal stock⟳, without any sense⟳ of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe⟳ that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood.”

“House Democrats will always put⟳ American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, […] working families over the well-connected, xenial over xenophobia, “Yes we can!” over “You can’t do it,” and zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation!”

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