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Arca

noun
1.
Type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams.  Synonym: genus Arca.






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... general tax (indictio, delegatio) ordered by the Emperor for the year, was proclaimed by each Praefect for his own Praefecture. Through his officials he took part in the levy of the tax, and had a special State-chest (arca praetoria) for the proceeds. (3) Administrative. The Praefect proposed the names of provincial governors, handed to them their salaries, had a general oversight of them, issued rescripts on the information ...
— The Letters of Cassiodorus - Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of - Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator • Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

... course of the day I bought a copy of the explanatory pamphlet. Its title was L'Arca Noetica. Simbolo Mariano. Processione notturna figurativa (I Personaggi) in omaggio alla Diva di Custonaci Celeste Patrone degli Erecini. Ultimo Lunedi d'Agosto, 1901. It was to be a procession of cars, there were to be no figures on horseback. Having ...
— Diversions in Sicily • H. Festing Jones



Words linked to "Arca" :   ark shell, Arcidae, blood clam, family Arcidae, mollusk genus



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