ustrinum

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Latin ustrinum

Noun

ustrinum (plural ustrina)

  1. (historical) The site of a funeral pyre in Ancient Rome
    • 1858, John Kenrick, Roman Sepulcral Inscriptions: Their Relation to Archaeology, Language, and Religion:
      The Romans had, even in their smaller municipia, Boards of Health—such, at least, I take to be the meaning of Novemvir and Triumvir Valetudinarius; and it may seem extraordianry that they did not remove the ustrinum to a greater distance.

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