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from The Century Dictionary.
- Among the ancient Romans, sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased members of their families.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Rom. Antiq.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
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- noun historical
sacrifices offered to thesouls ofdeceased heroes orfriends
Etymologies
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Latin, from inferus underneath.
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pavonine commented on the word inferiae
n. pl. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
December 28, 2007