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1. aleuromancy, n. View full entry 1656
...Any of various forms of divination using meal, flour, cakes, etc., esp. as practised by the ancient Greeks. Cf. alphitomancy...
2. amburbial, adj. View full entry 1656
...lit. Connected with the circuit of a city; hence, Of or pertaining to the expiatory procession round the city of Rome....
3. arval, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or belonging to ploughed land; esp. in Arval Brethren (= Latin Frātres Arvāles), a college of twelve priests in Ancient Rome, who offered sacrifice to the field-Lares...
4. Celtic, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Hist. and Archaeol. Of or belonging to the ancient Celtæ and their presumed congeners....
5. chiliarch, n. View full entry 1656
...The commander of a thousand men; properly a term of Greek or Roman History....
6. compital, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to the cross-ways: applied to the shrines of the domestic gods placed at the corners of the streets in ancient Rome; also to the compitalia, an annual...
7. decarch | dekarch, n. View full entry 1656
...One of a ruling body of ten....
8. equestrian, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to horse-riding. Also of persons: Skilled in horse-riding....
9. Falcidian, adj. View full entry 1656
...In Falcidian law (Lex Falcidia), a law carried by P. Falcidius, which ordained that no Roman citizen should bequeath more than three-fourths of his estate away from his...
10. frontal, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to the forehead, or to the corresponding part in the lower animals. Frequent in anatomical applications, as frontal artery, frontal bone, frontal sinus,...
11. hieratic, adj. View full entry 1656
...Pertaining to or used by the priestly class; used in connection with sacred subjects. spec....
12. hipparch, n. View full entry 1656
...Commander of the horse; the title of officers appointed to command the cavalry in ancient Greece....
13. liturgic, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...= liturgical...
14. logographer, n. View full entry 1656
...A lawyer's clerk; an accountant. Obs....
15. nomarch, n. View full entry 1656
...A local ruler or governor. Obs.rare....
16. nundinal, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Of or relating to a fair or market; of or relating to a nundine....
17. Paganalian, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or relating to the Paganalia, an annual Roman festival celebrated in each pagus or village community....
18. patriciate, n. View full entry 1656
...The position, dignity, or rank of patrician; nobility of rank....
19. pentereme, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1656
...= quinquereme Also as (attrib.)....
20. profectitious, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of property or money: that proceeds or is derived from a parent or ancestor (applied esp. to a dowry given to a woman by her paterfamilias). Contrasted with adventitious....
