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Superstitio

superstition

A Roman pejorative for excessive or foreign religious practice, set against proper religio; Pliny labels Christianity a 'depraved and immoderate superstition'.

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Panegyric to Trajan speeches · 1 mention
The Letters letters · 3 mentions

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