LECTISTERNIUM
\lɛktˈɪstənˌi͡əm], \lɛktˈɪstənˌiəm], \l_ɛ_k_t_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_ˌiə_m]\
Definitions of LECTISTERNIUM
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The arrangement of a bed so as to adapt it to a particular disease. Also, a supplication, with the Romans, in times of public danger, when beds or couches were spread for the gods, as if they were about to feast, and their images were taken down from their pedestals and
By Robley Dunglison
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