proxeny

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From Ancient Greek προξενία (proxenía) derived from πρόξενος (próxenos).

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proxeny (plural proxenies)

  1. (historical) In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
    • 1876, Pindarus, translated by Francis David Morice, Nemean 7: For Sogenes of Aegina:
      If there be near me now a man of the Achaians who dwelleth far up the Ionian sea, he shall not upbraid me: I have faith in my proxeny []

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