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|lshtext=<b>lectisternĭum</b>: ĭi, n. 2. [[lectus]]-[[sterno]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[feast]] of the gods.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., an [[offering]] in [[which]] the images of the gods, [[lying]] on pillows, were placed in the streets, and [[food]] of all kinds [[set]] [[before]] [[them]]; these banquets were [[prepared]] by the Epulones, and consumed by [[them]], Liv. 5, 13, 6; 7, 2, 27; 8, 25; 21, 62; 22, 1; 10 et saep.; cf.: lecti sternebantur in honorem deorum, [[unde]] hoc [[sacrum]], vel [[potius]] [[sacrilegium]] [[nomen]] accepit, Aug. C. D. 3, 17, 2; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in the Christian [[age]], a [[feast]] held in [[memory]] of a [[deceased]] [[person]], or at the [[consecration]] of a [[chapel]] dedicated to him, a [[feast]] of the [[dead]], Sid. Ep. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.
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