'Xenelasia' definitions:
Definition of 'Xenelasia'
From: GCIDE
- Xenelasia \Xen`e*la"si*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. xenhlasi`a expulsion of strangers.] (Gr. Antiq.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners. [1913 Webster]