diffarreation means A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. It carries an Arena rating of 1326, earned across 98 head-to-head judged battles.
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Why “diffarreation” is a great word
DIFFARREATION — [Noun] In ancient Roman law, the formal, pontifical dissolution of a marriage originally solemnized by the sacred rite of confarreation. From Latin diffarreatio, from dif- (an assimilated form of dis-, expressing separation) + farreum (a spelt cake), thus literally meaning 'the separation involving the spelt cake'. Unlike confarreatio, the solemn marriage rite it existed to undo, or repudium, the common, informal declaration of divorce, diffarreation was a precise and sacred inversion: the pontiff breaking the ceremonial spelt cake, the solemn formulae recited in reverse, the public unwinding of a bond that had linked families to the gods. It is a civilization's solemn recognition that some covenants, forged with the utmost gravity, require an equal and opposite ceremony to be dissolved.
Etymology
From Latin diffarreatio, from dif- + farreum (“a spelt cake”). See confarreation.
noun
- A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
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