rare–1. [f. Gr. ξενίζειν, trans. to entertain strangers, intr. to be a stranger, f. ξένος stranger: see -IZE and -ATION.] The fact of sojourning as a stranger.
1818. G. S. Faber, Horæ Mosaicæ, I. 231. The xenization of Abraham’s seed in a foreign land.
