| 单词 | arval brethren |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArval Brethren Of or belonging to ploughed land; esp. in Arval Brethren (= Latin Frātres Arvāles), a college of twelve priests in Ancient Rome, who offered sacrifice to the field-Lares to secure the fertility of the soil. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Roman father patrate1533 fetial1533 flamen1533 pontifex1579 pontiff1600 septemvir1600 pontifice1603 Arval Brethren1656 Salian1781 1656 T. Blount Glossographia The Arval Brothers or Fraternity..were among the old Romans, a sort of Priests, in number twelve, who..were appointed Arbitrators or Judges to decide controversies concerning Landmarks, and bounds of the field. 1838 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy (ed. 2) 519 The hymn of the Arval Brethren. < as lemmas |
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