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Quarantines
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Latin: quadraginta, forty)
A rigorous fast of 40 days according to the prescriptions of the ancient Church. Water, bread, and salt once a day was the only nourishment permitted. The indulgence of quarantines means the remission of so much temporal punishment due to sin, as would equal 40 days of such rigorous penance.
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Entry for 'Quarantines'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​q/quarantines.html. 1910.