Pila

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of pilum form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A mortar.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A municipality of Laguna, Philippines.

Example

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"In the 15th century the Spanish inquisitor Pedro de Arbués de Épila organized in Zaragoza a game of "living chess" with heretics to stand in as figures who were put to death when they were "captured". In 1867 Arbués was canonized by Pope Pius IX."

Etymology

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

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