Difference between revisions of "Lustrum"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_140670" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole [[Roman]] people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76254" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76254" /> == | ||
<p> A sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors of [[Rome]] in name of the [[Roman]] people at the close of the taking of the census, and which took place after a period of five years, so that the name came to denote a period of that length. </p> | <p> A sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors of [[Rome]] in name of the [[Roman]] people at the close of the taking of the census, and which took place after a period of five years, so that the name came to denote a period of that length. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_140670"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/lustrum Lustrum from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_76254"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lustrum Lustrum from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76254"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lustrum Lustrum from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:10, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors of Rome in name of the Roman people at the close of the taking of the census, and which took place after a period of five years, so that the name came to denote a period of that length.
