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Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..

Peribolos :: Peribolos (n.) In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple..

Palladium :: Palladium (n.) Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy..

Haruspice :: Haruspice (n.) A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

Rubric :: Rubric (n.) The title of a statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters.

Church Modes :: Church modes () The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.

Holcad :: Holcad (n.) A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece..

Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

Orb :: Orb (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions..

Norse :: Norse (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants..

Ampelite :: Ampelite (n.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist..

Teutonic :: Teutonic (n.) The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively..

Rhetian :: Rhetian (a.) Pertaining to the ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to Rhaetia, their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the Grisons..

Belgic :: Belgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean..

Inspeximus :: Inspeximus (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant..

Cyphonism :: Cyphonism (n.) A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations..

Father :: Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.

Sacramentary :: Sacramentary (n.) An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany..

Cambria :: Cambria (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

Dacian :: Dacian (n.) A native of ancient Dacia.

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