Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The priests of Mars, in ancient Rome: according to tradition their college was established by Numa Pompilius. See Salian.

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  • Fetials, pontifices, augurs, the priests of the sacred books, even the epulones and the salii.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • -- The most solemn procession of the salii was on the first of March, in commemoration of the time when the sacred shield was believed to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa.

    Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

  • A inceput sa cante "cocotat" pe o cutie aflata in partea stanga a salii, printre oameni, cu luminile si privirile toate atintite spre el, dar ajutat de trupa aflata pe scena, inca in umbra.

    Hotnews.ro 2009

  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong apare si el, sub forma unei inregistrari, desigur), vine si acel solo de bas promis si, din nou, apare Kenny G, de data asta din dreapta salii, luandu-ne prin surprindere.

    Hotnews.ro 2009

  • A inceput sa cante "cocotat" pe o cutie aflata in partea stanga a salii, printre oameni, cu luminile si privirile toate atintite spre el, dar ajutat de trupa aflata pe scena, inca in umbra.

    Hotnews.ro 2009

  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong apare si el, sub forma unei inregistrari, desigur), vine si acel solo de bas promis si, din nou, apare Kenny G, de data asta din dreapta salii, luandu-ne prin surprindere.

    Hotnews.ro 2009

  • The patricians, on the other hand, expressed their indignation not so much at the honours of the state being shared, but at their being lost; they said that, "if matters be so, children need no longer be educated; who being driven from the station of their ancestors, and seeing others in the possession of their dignity, would be left without command or power, as mere salii and flamens, with no other employment than to offer sacrifices for the people."

    The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

  • In Rome, the salii, carrying the sacred shields through the streets, leapt and jumped clumsily "like stamping fullers" (Senec.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

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