Crossword-Solution: CONFARREATIO
We have 2 clues for the answer “CONFARREATIO”
| Clue | Answers |
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| MARRIAGE, patrician form of (Rom. law) | 1 answer |
| PATRICIAN form of marriage (Rom. law) | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CONFARREATIO (5)
The alternate drinking of rice-wine, by bridegroom and bride, from the same vessels, corresponds in a sort to the Roman confarreatio.
There was frequently a religious rite (_confarreatio_); but, when this did not take place, the other customary ceremonies were essentially the same.
Mannhardt prefers, of course, a derivation from _far_ (grain), as in confarreatio, the ancient Roman bride-cake form of marriage.
Otherwise the priest could never intervene in the worship of the family, except in the case of the most solemn form of marriage (_confarreatio_), which, as it conferred on the children the right to hold certain of the priesthoods, was regarded itself as a ceremony of the state-religion.
The central ceremony of the _confarreatio_ was an act partly of sacrifice, partly, one might almost say, of communion.