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bisellium

American

[bahy-sel-ee-uhm] / baɪˈsɛl i əm /

noun

an ancient Roman seat of honor for two persons.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

bisellia

plural

Etymology

Origin of bisellium

< Latin, equivalent to bi- bi- ¹ + sell ( a ) seat (cognate with settle ² ) + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

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Nevoleia Tyché, freedwoman of Julia, for herself and for Caius Munatius Faustus, knight and mayor of the suburb, to whom the decurions, with the consent of the people, had awarded the honor of the bisellium.

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc

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