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Webster 1913 Edition

Confarreation

Con-farˊre-a′tion

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Noun.
[L.
confarreatio
, fr.
confarreare
to marry;
con-
+
farreum
(sc.
libum
cake) a spelt cake, fr.
farreus
made of spelt, fr.
far
a sort of grain.]
(Antiq.)
A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

Webster 1828 Edition

Confarreation

CONFARREATION

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Noun.
[L., to join in marriage with a cake, corn or meal.] The solemnization of marriage among the Romans, by a ceremony in which the bridegroom and bride tasted a cake made of flour with salt and water, called far or panis farreus, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

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