Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-MENSA-ET-TORO
A-MEN'I-TYAM'ENT, or A-MENT'UM
A-MENSA-ET-TORO, adv. [or adj. A mensa et toro; L.]
From board and bed. A divorce from board and bed is when husband and wife separate, but the husband maintains the wife.
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