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pomerium.

The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.

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Meaning & usage

noun/pəʊ̆ˈmɪə.ɹɪ.əm/Received-Pronunciation/pɒ-/Received-Pronunciation/poʊˈmɛ.ɹi.əm/General-American
  1. The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.

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Where this word comes from

From Latin pōmoerium, pōmērium (“the religious boundary of a city”), either from post (“behind”) + moerus, mūrus (“wall”) + -ium (neuter form of -ius (adjective-forming suffix)), or derived from an Etruscan word.

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