1) Type of healthcare facility 
building for the reception of strangers
• (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.] • (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.
Xen`o·do·chi'um noun [ Late Latin , from Latin xenodochium a building for the reception of strangers, Greek ... .] (a) (Class. Antiq.) A house for the reception of strangers. (b) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strang...
During the Middle Ages, a xenodochium was a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and also used for the relief of paupers.
xenodochium A house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hotel, guest-house, especially in a monastery.