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|lshtext=<b>ārŭla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. ara.<br /><b>I</b> A [[small]] [[altar]]: [[ante]] hosce deos erant arulae, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3; Vulg. Jer. 36, 22; 36, 23 bis; Jus Papir. in Macr. S. 3, 11; Arn. 3, p. 114; Inscr. Orell. 1630.—††<br /><b>II</b> Perh. the [[base]] of an [[altar]] (eccl. Lat.): quos (anulos) pones [[subter]] arulam altaris, Vulg. Exod. 27, 5; 38, 4.—<br /><b>III</b> Among the Campanians, the [[turf]] laid [[altar]]-[[like]] [[round]] an [[elm]]-[[tree]], Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 77.
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