Difference between revisions of "Libra"

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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138621" /> ==
 
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A southern constellation between [[Virgo]] and Scorpio. </p>
Libra <ref name="term_48407" />
       
<p> (a balance), the seventh sign of the zodiac. It was supposed that those who were born under this constellation loved equity. There were other kindred superstitions connected with this sign by the ancients. </p>
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48395" /> ==
 
<p> (pound), the name sometimes given to the seventy suffragans of the bishop of Rome, from the circumstance that there were seventy solidi or parts in the Roman libra. </p>
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<ref name="term_48407"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/libra+(2) Libra from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_138621"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/libra Libra from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_48395"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/libra Libra from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 15 October 2021

Libra [1]

(a balance), the seventh sign of the zodiac. It was supposed that those who were born under this constellation loved equity. There were other kindred superstitions connected with this sign by the ancients.

References

  1. ↑ Libra from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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