In the early Middle Ages, a xenodochium or xenodoch(e)ion (from Ancient Greek ξενοδοχεῖον, ksenodokheion ; place for strangers, inn, guesthouse) was either a hostel or hospital, usually specifically for foreigners or pilgrims, although the term could refer to charitable institutions in general. The xenodochium was a church institution that first appeared in the Byzantine world.Guenter B. Risse, Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals (Oxford University Press, 1999), 82. Xenodochia were more common than institutions of a more specific nature , such as the gerocomium ( a place for the old), nosocomium (  for the sick) and orphanotrophium (for orphans). A hospital for victims of plague was called a xenodochium pestiferorum (guesthouse of the plague-carriers).
In the early Middle Ages, a xenodochium or xenodoch(e)ion (from Ancient Greek , ; place for strangers, inn, guesthouse) was either a hostel or hospital, usually specifically for foreigners or pilgrims, although the term could refer to charitable institutions in general. The xenodochium was a church institution that first appeared in the Byzantine world.Guenter B. Risse, Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals (Oxford University Press, 1999), 82. The xenodochium was a more common institution than any of more specific natures , such as the gerocomium ( from , ; place for the old), nosocomium ( from , ; place for the sick) or orphanotrophium (for orphans). A hospital for victims of plague was called a (guesthouse of the plague-carriers).
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