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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Bible Encyclopedias
Peristiarch
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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the officiating priest in a lustration or purification among the ancient Greeks, when they wished to purify the place where a public assembly was held. He received this name because he went before the lustral victims as they were carried around the boundary of the place. (See LUSTRATION).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Peristiarch'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/peristiarch.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Peristiarch'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/peristiarch.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
