Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, the highest form of marriage: so called from the panis farreus, a cake of salted flour eaten in the ceremonial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Antiq.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.
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- noun A form of
marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made fromfar (spelt )
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Examples
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A sacrifice of fruits was offered by the pontiffs in the presence of ten witnesses; the contracting parties were seated on the same sheepskin; they tasted a salt-cake of _far_ or rice; and this confarreation, which denoted the ancient food of Italy, served as an emblem of their mystic union of mind and body.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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The causes of the dissolution of matrimony have varied among the Romans; but the most solemn sacrament, the confarreation itself, might always be done away by rites of a contrary tendency.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Wedding or Bride's cake is used at weddings, because of its origin in confarreation, or a token of the most firm conjection betwixt man and wife, with a cake of wheat or barley; for far (Latin), meaning bread or corn.
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873
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The causes of the dissolution of matrimony have varied among the Romans; [123] but the most solemn sacrament, the confarreation itself, might always be done away by rites of a contrary tendency.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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A sacrifice of fruits was offered by the pontiffs in the presence of ten witnesses; the contracting parties were seated on the same sheep-skin; they tasted a salt cake of far or rice; and this confarreation, [116] which denoted the ancient food of Italy, served as an emblem of their mystic union of mind and body.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The causes of the dissolution of matrimony have varied among the Romans; but the most solemn sacrament, the confarreation itself, might always be done away by rites of a contrary tendency.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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A sacrifice of fruits was offered by the pontiffs in the presence of ten witnesses; the contracting parties were seated on the same sheep-skin; they tasted a salt cake of far or rice; and this confarreation, 116 which denoted the ancient food of Italy, served as an emblem of their mystic union of mind and body.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The causes of the dissolution of matrimony have varied among the Romans; 123 but the most solemn sacrament, the confarreation itself, might always be done away by rites of a contrary tendency.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
hernesheir commented on the word confarreation
A Roman sacrament of marriage, of sorts.
November 27, 2012