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morphed
Rome never fell, it morphed
Websters 1828 is a big help with old terms in Christian eyes.
8. Civil law, in a general sense, the law of a state, city or country; but in an appropriate sense, the Roman empire, comprised in the Institutes, Code and Digest of Justinian and the Novel Constitutions.
CIVILIAN, n. [from civil.]
1. One who is skilled in the Roman law; a professor or doctor of civil law.
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