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Guilds.
larger number , unless it Avas restricted by the authority AA'hich gave the college existence . ^ " Li its constitution the college Avas divided into decimal ancl centurice—bodies of ten ancl a hundred rnen . t "It Avas presided OA'er by a magister and by dccuriones—a president and a senate .-j
"It had a qucestor ancl arcarius—a treasurer and sub-treasurer . § " It was a corporation , and could hold property as such . || " It had a common cidt and common sacrifices at stated times . It had its priest ancl temple , f " It had its lares and its genii . " It had a curia ( or meeting-house ) , AA'here the ordo collegii ( its senators ) met to
considt and to determine . " At the same curia also the AA'hole sodality met at their general meetings and to feast . " There was a common area ( or chest ) to contain their revenues , their contributions , ancl their fines . " Each college had its archives and its banners . " It had a jus sodalitii or full power over its members . " To each candidate on his admission Avas administered an oath peculiar to the
college . " The sodales supported their poor brethren . " They imposed tributa , or contributions to meet their current and extraordinary expenses . " They buried publicly deceased brethren , all the survivors attending the rite . " A common sepulchre , or columbarium , received the brethren .
" Each college celebrated its natal clay , a day called cane cognationis , and two other days called seA'erally dies violarum and dies rosce . " We may guess the intention for AA'hich the natal clay and the clay carce cognationis Avere appointed , Ariz ., to carry out the general purposes of the college ; but for the dies violarum and dies rosce there were other purposes . On those two days of charming nomenclature the societies met at the sepulchres of their departed brethren to
commemorate then- loss , and to deck their tombs with violets and roses , an offering ( if not a sacrifice ) pleasing to the spirit of the manes . ** " Each college coidd hold property .
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Guilds.
larger number , unless it Avas restricted by the authority AA'hich gave the college existence . ^ " Li its constitution the college Avas divided into decimal ancl centurice—bodies of ten ancl a hundred rnen . t "It Avas presided OA'er by a magister and by dccuriones—a president and a senate .-j
"It had a qucestor ancl arcarius—a treasurer and sub-treasurer . § " It was a corporation , and could hold property as such . || " It had a common cidt and common sacrifices at stated times . It had its priest ancl temple , f " It had its lares and its genii . " It had a curia ( or meeting-house ) , AA'here the ordo collegii ( its senators ) met to
considt and to determine . " At the same curia also the AA'hole sodality met at their general meetings and to feast . " There was a common area ( or chest ) to contain their revenues , their contributions , ancl their fines . " Each college had its archives and its banners . " It had a jus sodalitii or full power over its members . " To each candidate on his admission Avas administered an oath peculiar to the
college . " The sodales supported their poor brethren . " They imposed tributa , or contributions to meet their current and extraordinary expenses . " They buried publicly deceased brethren , all the survivors attending the rite . " A common sepulchre , or columbarium , received the brethren .
" Each college celebrated its natal clay , a day called cane cognationis , and two other days called seA'erally dies violarum and dies rosce . " We may guess the intention for AA'hich the natal clay and the clay carce cognationis Avere appointed , Ariz ., to carry out the general purposes of the college ; but for the dies violarum and dies rosce there were other purposes . On those two days of charming nomenclature the societies met at the sepulchres of their departed brethren to
commemorate then- loss , and to deck their tombs with violets and roses , an offering ( if not a sacrifice ) pleasing to the spirit of the manes . ** " Each college coidd hold property .