guestfriendship
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Penélopê formally extends her personal hospitality to the stranger, thereby creating that special relationship of guestfriendship which involves each party in making the other's interests his or her own."
- "We saw this in the renewed pledge of guestfriendship between Diomedes and Glaukos, the one's father having been a xeinos philos to the other's."
- "Prince Tarquinius entered the house as a guest, but since he did not follow the rules of guestfriendship, his presence marks a violent entry even before he has violated the hostess."
- "Peder Hansen Resen (1625-1688), [wrote that] besides being "barbarians," immigrants, and hostile to Christians, the Greenlanders were also "our true brothers in Adam" who enjoyed the kingdom's guestfriendship by inhabiting Danish territory."