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ara (pl. arae). Roman altar. It could be a large, public, commemorative structure, like the sumptuous Ara Pacis (erected by Emperor Augustus to mark the establishment of Imperial power and the coming of peace in 13 BC), or a small altar in a private house by which the protection of the deities was invoked.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

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ARA Aircraft Research Association
• American Railway Association
• Army Rifle Association
• Associate of the Royal Academy
• (New Zealand) Auckland Regional Authority

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH

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Ara (macaws) See PSITTACIDAE.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

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