hospiticide

hospiticide: noun /hɒˈspɪtɪsaɪd/

a) One who kills his guest or host.<ref name="OED1"/><ref name="OED2"/><ref name="Glos.">Glossographia; or, a dictionary interpreting the hard words of whatsoever language, now used in our refined English tongue by (1656)</ref>

Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder, — found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his hostess to discover, with return of day, in whose blood were imbrued the hands of an hospiticide.

b) The act of a guest killing his host or vice versa, or an instance thereof.<ref name"DAML">A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law by Arthur English (1987; <span class="plainlinks">[ Wm. S. Hein Publishing]; ISBN 0837721040), [ page 423]</span></ref>

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hospiticide — /haspitasayd/ One that kills his guest or host … Black's law dictionary
hospiticide — /haspitasayd/ One that kills his guest or host … Black's law dictionary
hospiticide — The killing of a host or the guest at an inn; the person who did the killing … Ballentine's law dictionary
hospiticide — hoˈspiticide rare 0. [ad. rare L. hospiticīda, f. hospes, hospit guest + cīda, cide 1.] One who kills his guest or host. (Blount Glossogr. 1656.) … Useful english dictionary
imbrue — verb To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.). Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder, found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his… … Wiktionary

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