OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 49333

citerior

/sɪˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
citerior
Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.
[D]ifferent provinces fell to different Apostles, Parthia fell to Thomas; to Matthew fell Ethiopia; and the Citerior India adherent to it is said to have fallen to Bartholomew.
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