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Definition: DIFFARREATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Diffarreation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Diffarreation \Dif*far`re*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression diffarreatio; dif- farreum spelt cake. See Confarreation.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIFFARREATION

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] The parting of a cake; a ceremony among the Romans, at the divorce of man and wife. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: DIFFARREATION

Diffarreation

In Ancient Rome, diffarreation (from Lat dif- + farreum, a spelt-cake[1]) was a form of divorce in which a cake was used. Diffarreation was properly the dissolving of marriages contracted by confarreation, which were those of the pontifices. Festus says it was performed with a wheaten cake; and that it was called diffarreation from far, "wheat". Vigenere claims that confarreation and diffarreation are the same thing.[2]

References

  1. "diffarreation". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
  2. This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Diffarreation". Image Credit.
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