1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Maccabees 4:12 | For he had the boldness to set up, *under the very castle, a place of exercise, and to put all the choicest youths in brothel houses. 1 Machabees 1:15. | Houses. Greek, "he led them under the cap;" petasus, sacred to Mercury, or rather to Bacchus, and the emblem of liberty. (Calmet) |