Bible Dictionaries
Placebo

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.

(2):

(n.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Placebo'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/placebo.html. 1828.