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Cathedral of Milan in the time of St. Ambrose, because he sometimes uses the word altaria, although others are of opinion that altaria in this place means an altar.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Habentur iuxta sepulchrum duo altaria, sub vno est fons Aquæ quæ putatur exire de vno Paradisi flumine.
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Habentur iuxta sepulchrum duo altaria, sub vno est fons Aqu� qu� putatur exire de vno Paradisi flumine.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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'Hic illum vidi iuvenem, Meliboee, quotannis bis senos cui nostra dies altaria fumant.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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[Sidenote: Princes and magistrates graue & con - stante.] _Effigies manibus trunc [ae] ante altaria diuum
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Constitit et circumlatis in frequentiam oculis sanctissimum numen, quasi parum violasset inter altaria, coepit in ipso quo vindicabatur violare supplicio: hoc alterum damnatae incestum fuit, damnata est quia incesta erat, deiceta est quia damnata erat, repetenda est quia et incesta et damnata et deiceta est, dubitari potest quin usque eo deicienda sit, donec efficiatur propter quod deiecta est? patrocinium suum vocat pereundi infelicitatem.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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Effer aquam et molli cinge haec altaria uitta, 65 uerbenasque adole pinguis et mascula tura, coniugis ut magicis sanos auertere sacris experiar sensus; nihil hic nisi carmina desunt.
Pharmaceutria Vergil 1912
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Elysiae gaudete domus; date serta per aras, festaque pallentis hilarent altaria lucos. felix, a, nimium felix plorataque nato25 umbra uenit. longe Furiarum sibila, longe tergeminus custos, penitus uia longa patescat manibus egregiis. eat horrendumque silentis accedat domini solium, gratisque supremas perferat, et totidem iuueni roget anxius annos.
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Basilica igitur illa ... reliquiis apostolorum et martyrum intra apsidem trichoram sub altaria sacratis.
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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[4-*] Ruebant ædificia publica simul et privata, passim Sacerdotes inter altaria trucibantur.
The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. Matthew Holbeche Bloxam 1846
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