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&_o 70_o senatoribus_fw-la manum_fw-la imposuit_fw-la qua_fw-la solennitate_fw-la peracta_fw-la statim_fw-la delapsus_fw-la aetheriis_fw-la sedibus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la pectora_fw-la eorum_fw-la implevit_fw-la &_o high_a porro_fw-la in_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la initiati_fw-la cum_fw-la essent_fw-la alios_fw-la eadem_fw-la lege_fw-la auctoraverunt_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la potuit_fw-la be_v ritus_fw-la extraterraem_fw-la sanctam_fw-la peragi_fw-la quia_fw-la vis_fw-la ejus_fw-la omnis_fw-la conclusa_fw-la palestinae_fw-la finibus_fw-la erat_fw-la perinsigne_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la r._n maimonides_n tradidit_fw-la in_o halacha_n sanh_o c._n 4._o cum_fw-la enimosim_fw-la solennem_fw-la hunc_fw-la actum_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la svo_fw-la omnes_fw-la celebrarent_fw-la quibus_fw-la imposita_fw-la semel_fw-la manus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la coarctatum_fw-la esse_fw-la id_fw-la jus_o a_o sapientibus_fw-la esse_fw-la ait_fw-la constitutumque_fw-la uti_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nemo_fw-la 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