1) Ancient Roman festival
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Terminalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Terminus, who presided over boundaries. His statue was merely a stone or post stuck in the ground to distinguish between properties. His worship is said to have been instituted by Numa who ordered that every one should mark the boundaries of his landed property by stones to be consecrat...
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[plant] Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots. Trees of this genus are known especially as a source of...
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• (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
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(from the article `Terminus`) ...and might be slain; a fine was later substituted for the death penalty. From this sacred object evolved the god Terminus. On February 23 (the end ...
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genus of about 200 species of trees of the family Combretaceae. Some species are commercially important for products such as gums, resins, and ...
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Ter`mi·na'li·a noun plural [ Latin ]
(Rom. Antiq.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of
Terminus , the god of boundaries.
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Terminalia Roman festival. Related 'end' units: fin-, ultim-.
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