Congiary
//ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɹi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A present of corn, wine, oil, etc. or later of money, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the common people.
"We often fee on them the emperor, and two or three general officers, sometimes sitting, and sometimes standing, as they made speeches, or distributed a congiary to the soldiers or people"
Synonyms
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More examples"We often fee on them the emperor, and two or three general officers, sometimes sitting, and sometimes standing, as they made speeches, or distributed a congiary to the soldiers or people"
Etymology
From Latin congiarium, from congius (“a liquid measure”).
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