Forum

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

(2): ( n.) A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.

King James Dictionary [2]

FO'RUM, n. L. See Fair.

1. In Rome, a public place, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people also, a market place. Hence, 2. A tribunal a court any assembly empowered to hear and decide causes also, jurisdiction.

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

 Acts 28:15

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

fō´rum  : the King James Version Appii Forum (  Acts 28:15 ), is in the Revised Version (British and American) Market Of Appius (which see).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [5]

A public place in Rome and Roman cities where the courts of justice were held, and popular assemblies for civic business.

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