gift distributed amongst the people or soldiers
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• (n.) A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius.
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Con'gi·a·ry noun ;
plural Congiaries . [ Latin
congiarium , from
congius a liquid measure.] A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a
congius .
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