† infulen.
Obsolete.
= infula n. 1.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] > fillet of wool placed on victim
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1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 132 [They] then hung out ouer the walles their sacred veles and infules.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. xxxvi. 765 There met him a ship of the Carthaginians, garnished with infules, ribbands, and white flags of peace.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 126 This man..hee caused to be dight with sacred hearbs, and adorned with Infules, like a sacrifice.
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