Bible Encyclopedias
Libra
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(pound), the name sometimes given to the seventy suffragans of the bishop of Rome, from the circumstance that there were seventy solidi or parts in the Roman libra.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Libra'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/l/libra.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.