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appārĭtĭo (adp-), ōnis, f. [appareo, III.].

  1. I. A serving, service, attendance: in longā adparitione singularem fidem cognovi, Cic. Fam. 13, 54; so Aug. Ep. 75.
  2. II. Meton., household, domestics, servants: ex necessariis adparitionibus, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; so Dig. 4, 2, 23; Amm. 15, 3.