Definition of "spolium" []

• In ecclesiastical law, the property of a beneficed ecclesiastic which could not be legally disposed of by will at death. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It is approximately 0.45 m high and 0.50 m wide and was probably reused as a spolium in one of the walls."
• "Whereas the frame of this door or window in the east wall was richly decorated on the outside (see Odeion, July 10-13, 2006), both the lintel and posts inside Corridor 2 were completely rough, indicating that the doorway was reused as a spolium (recycled building element)."
• "Non sic prata nouo uere decentia aestatis calidae despoliat uapor, 5 saeuit solstitio cum medius dies et noctes breuibus praecipitant rotis languescunt folio et lilia pallido: ut gratae capiti deficiunt comae et fulgor teneris qui radiat genis10 momento rapitur nullaque non dies formonsi spolium corporis abstulit. res est forma fugax: quis sapiens bono confidat fragili? dum licet, utere. tempus te tacitum subruit, horaque15 semper praeterita deterior subit."