a. Rom. Antiq. [ad. L. farrēat-us pa. pple. of farreāre, f. farreum cake of spelt-bread, neut. of farreus: see FARREOUS.] a. Of persons: United in marriage by the offering of spelt-bread (see CONFARREATION). b. Of marriage: = CONFARREATE a.
1880. Muirhead, Gaius, I. § 112. No person is elected to the office of one of the greater flamens, i.e. a flamen of Jupiter, Mars, or Quirinus, nor yet to be a rex sacrorum, unless born of farreate parents. Ibid., Digest, 545. No one … who was not the issue of a farreate marriage.
