empire, threshold of, [258].

Roman Catholic Church on marriage, [222].

Roman Catholic churches, holy water in, in America, [147].

Rome:

lifting bride over threshold in, [39];

bride worshiping at altar-fire in, [41];

images under foundations in, [55] f.;

“gods of entrances” in, [97];

reference to religion of, [97];

reverence for phallic emblems in, [230];