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Look up: Triclinium

  1. Triclinium
    (Latin) the dining room of a house for more upper-class Romans; the triclinium`s name refers to the fact that the room generally held three couches inside of it.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. triclinium
    dining-room
    Found on http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi

  3. triclinium
    The triclinium was the dining room of the house. Its name comes from the Roman tradition of having around a central table an arrangement of 3 couches to lie on while dining. The fourth side of the table was open and free for slaves to serve the food. The couches were designed for the accubatio - the act of reclining during the meal. When so prepare…
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  4. triclinium
    noun a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Triclinium
    • (n.) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. • (n.) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. triclinium
    (from the article `painting, Western`) A celebrated frieze of life-size figures, depicting Dionysiac initiation rites and the prenuptial ordeals of a bride, in the so-called triclinium of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/79

  7. triclinium
    triclinium In ancient Rome, a dining room with three couches, one at each of three sides of a rectangular table, the fourth side left open for access by servants.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Triclinium
    A triclinium was a Roman couch which ran around three sides of a table, leaving one end free for serving.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Triclinium
    A `triclinium` (plural: triclinia) is a formal dining room in a Roman building. The word is adopted from the Greek τρικλίνιον, triklinion, from τρι-, tri-, "three", and κλίνη, klinē, a sort of &q...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triclinium



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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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