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Waldenses :: Waldenses (n. pl.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles..

Sepia :: Sepia (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India..

Romanticaly :: Romanticaly (adv.) In a romantic manner.

Ash Wednesday :: Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents..

Semuncia :: Semuncia (n.) A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.

Syncretistic :: Syncretist (n.) an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church..

Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk..

Apollo :: Apollo (n.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the sun god), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus..

Theatine :: Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction..

Berretta :: Berretta (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green..

Epictetain :: Epictetain (a.) Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances..

Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath..

Comitial :: Comitial (a.) Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws..

Illustrate :: Illustrate (v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance..

Pilentum :: Pilentum (n.) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried..

Fictional :: Fictional (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic..

Grail :: Grail (n.) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

Ceroma :: Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.

Caesar :: Caesar (n.) A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar..

As :: As (n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces..

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