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MileEASTON'S
(from Lat. mille, “a thousand;” Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1897), public domain.