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<p> THE, a horse anciently sacrificed in the month of October to Mars in the Campus Martins at Rome. The blood that dropped from the tail of the animal which was sacrificed was carefully preserved by the vestal virgins in the temple of Vesta, for the purpose of being burned at the festival [[Palilia]] (q.v.), in order to produce a public purification by fire and smoke. </p> | October-Horse <ref name="term_53532" /> | ||
==References == | <p> THE, a horse anciently sacrificed in the month of October to [[Mars]] in the Campus Martins at Rome. The blood that dropped from the tail of the animal which was sacrificed was carefully preserved by the vestal virgins in the temple of Vesta, for the purpose of being burned at the festival [[Palilia]] (q.v.), in order to produce a public purification by fire and smoke. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_53532"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/october-horse October-Horse from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_53532"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/october-horse October-Horse from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:28, 15 October 2021
October-Horse [1]
THE, a horse anciently sacrificed in the month of October to Mars in the Campus Martins at Rome. The blood that dropped from the tail of the animal which was sacrificed was carefully preserved by the vestal virgins in the temple of Vesta, for the purpose of being burned at the festival Palilia (q.v.), in order to produce a public purification by fire and smoke.
