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Bride Cake

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A relic of the Roman Confarreaʹtio, a mode of marriage practised by the highest class in Rome. It was performed before tèn witnesses by the Ponʹtifex Maxʹimus, and the contracting parties mutually partook of a cake made of salt, water, and flour (far) Only those born in such wedlock were eligible for the high sacred offices.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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