McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Nefasti, Dies

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Nefasti, Dies


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i.e., unlawful days, a term among the ancient Romans for those days on which neither courts of justice nor the assemblies of people could be held; afterwards they were dedicated chiefly to the worship of the gods. Numa PompiIius is said to have been the originator of the dies nefasti.