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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Sacred Way (The)
 
in ancient Rome, was the street where Romulus and Tatius (the Sabine) swore mutual alliance. It does not mean the “holy street,” but the “street of the oath.”   1
 


 Sacred War.Sacred Weed (The). 

 
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