confarreation
英 [kɒn,færiː'eɪʃən]***美
- n. 祭面饼婚礼(古罗马最隆重的婚礼。婚礼中有向主神朱庇特献祭面饼的仪式，故名)
中文词源
- confarreation (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin confarreationem, from confarreare "to unite in marriage by the Ceremony of the Cake," from com- "with, together" (see com-) + far, farris "spelt, grain, meal" (see barley). In ancient Rome, the most solemn form of marriage, in which an offering of bread was made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus and 10 witnesses.
双语例句
- 1. Confarreation was in Roman law the oldest and most solemn form of marriage.
- 共食婚是罗马法中最古老,最庄重的结婚仪式.
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