English Explanatory Dictionary

suovetaurilia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A religious rite of Ancient Rome, the triple sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull to the deity Mars in order to bless and purify land.

Word forms

suovetaurilia suovetaurilias suovitaurilia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin suovetaurīlia.

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