Xenelasia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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