proxeny

From Ancient Greek προξενία (proxenía) derived from πρόξενος (próxenos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒksəni/

proxeny (plural proxenies)

1. (historical) In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
   • 1876, Pindarus, translated by Francis David Morice, Nemean 7: For Sogenes of Aegina:

     If there be near me now a man of the Achaians who dwelleth far up the Ionian sea, he shall not upbraid me: I have faith in my proxeny […]