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fetial

[ fee-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:

    fetial law.



fetial

/ ˈfiːʃəl /

noun

  1. (in ancient Rome) any of the 20 priestly heralds involved in declarations of war and in peace negotiations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to the fetiales
  2. a less common word for heraldic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetial1

1525–35; < Latin fētiālis pertaining to a fētiālis, a member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetial1

C16: from Latin fētiālis , probably from Old Latin fētis treaty
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Example Sentences

The treaty was then signed and handed over to the keeping of the fetial college.

The fetial, who on that occasion represented the Roman people, at the solemn moment of the oath-taking, struck the sacrificial pig with the silex, saying as he did so, 'Do thou, Diespiter, strike the Roman people as I strike this pig here to-day, and strike them the more, as thou art greater and stronger.'

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