פִּיפְיוֹרָא, (preced. wds.; cmp. פּוּרְיָא) royal litter. Ab. Zar. 11ᵃ [read:] ניפרא נקיט נורא קמי פ׳ אפיפיורא לדוכסא דוכסא וכ׳ the torchbearer carries the light in front of the litter, the chief lecticarius (behind the litter, carries the light) for the dux, the dux for the hegemon, the hegemon for the comes; does the comes carry the light before the people (that follow the procession)?—[V. Sachs Beitr. II, p. 111 on the custom of carrying fire.]