单词 | confarreation |
释义 | confarreation[ kon-far-ee-ey-shuhn ] / kɒnˌfær iˈeɪ ʃən / noun(among the ancient Romans) a form of marriage ceremony, limited to patricians and obligatory for holders of certain ritual offices, marked by the offering of a cake. Origin of confarreation1590–1600; <Latin confarreātiōn- (stem of confarreātiō) equivalent to confarreā(re) to contract such a marriage (con-con- + -farreāre, verbal derivative of farreum cake made of emmer, derivative of far emmer; see barley1) + -tiōn--tion OTHER WORDS FROM confarreationcon·far·re·ate [kuhn-far-ee-it, -eyt], /kənˈfær i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/, con·far·re·at·ed, adjectiveWords nearby confarreationConey Island, conf., confab, confabulate, confabulation, confarreation, confect, confection, confectionary, confectioner, confectioners' sugar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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