Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore, The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty?
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Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore, The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty?
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1825, James Elmes, General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts, London: Thomas Tegg, under the entry COLUMN, […] the manubial column was ornamented with trophies and spoils taken from the enemy;
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The luncheon formed a portion of the manubial stores left behind during the precipitate flight of Sunday, and consisted of preserved tripe—a very delicate dish, reader, I assure you.
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Perhaps a more significant change can be discerned in the financing of temples and such activities as celebratory games. In the great days of expansion these had been (very often) financed from conquest, they were manubial, derived from spoil or imported wealth.
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