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Definition of Arval

Arval
Arval Ar"val, n. [W. arwyl funeral; ar over + wylo to weep, or cf. arf["o]l; Icel. arfr inheritance + Sw. ["o]l ale. Cf. Bridal.] A funeral feast. [North of Eng.] --Grose.

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- In ancient Roman religion, the Arval Brethren (Latin: Fratres Arvales, "Brothers of the Fields") or Arval Brothers were a body of priests who offered annual...
- Arval may refer to: The Arval Brethren, a body of priests in ancient Rome Arvals, a funeral dinner; also a cake served at such feasts USS Arval (SP-1045)...
- USS Arval (SP–1045) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Arval was built as a private motorboat of the same name in...
- Arvals, Arvels or Arthels (Old Norse Arfr, "inheritance", and öl, Old English "Ale", a banquet), primarily the funeral dinner, and later, especially in...
- Imagination. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-967552-4. Schilling, Robert (1992). "The Arval Brethren". In Bonnefoy, Yves (ed.). Roman and European Mythologies. University...
- Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. The Arval priests were devoted to the goddess Dia, and...
- of several minor Roman deities. She appears twice in the records of the Arval Brethren as Mater Larum, elsewhere as Mania and Larunda. Ovid calls her...
- When she proved faithful to her former husband, Caligula banished her. The Arval Brethren's records confirm her marriage to Piso, but under ordinary Roman...
- physician (approximate date) Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis I, Roman client king Ronald Syme, Some Arval brethren (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980), pp. 21-24...
- Arval J. Roberson (1923–2007) was a United States Air Force officer who was a fighter ace during World War II with the 362nd Fighter Squadron and the...