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Crown, Natal

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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was that which it was customary to suspend at the threshold of a house in which s child was born. At Athens, when the child was a boy, the natal crown was of olive; when a girl, of wool; while at Rome they were of laurel, ivy, or parsley.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Crown, Natal'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/crown-natal.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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