Ustrinum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The site of a funeral pyre Ancient-Rome, historical

    "The Romans had, even in their smaller municipia, Boards of Health—such, at least, I take to be the meaning of Novemvir and Triumvir Valetudinarius; and it may seem extraordianry that they did not remove the ustrinum to a greater distance."

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"The Romans had, even in their smaller municipia, Boards of Health—such, at least, I take to be the meaning of Novemvir and Triumvir Valetudinarius; and it may seem extraordianry that they did not remove the ustrinum to a greater distance."

Etymology

From Latin ustrinum.

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