McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Fordicidia

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Fordicidia


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a festival celebrated annually in the month of March among the ancient Romans. It was instituted by Numa, in consequence of a general. barrenness which happened to prevail among the cattle. The name was. derived from the sacrifice of a Forda, that is, a cow with a calf.