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vaticide

[ vat-uh-sahyd ]

noun

  1. a person who murders a prophet.
  2. the act of killing a prophet.


vaticide

/ ˈvætɪˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. rare.
    1. the murder of a prophet
    2. a person guilty of this
“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 vaticide1

1720–30; < Latin vāti- (stem of vātēs seer) + -cide
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vaticide1

C18: from Latin vātēs prophet + -cide
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Example Sentences

Vaticide, vat′i-sīd, n. the killing of a prophet: one who kills a prophet.

Fuller, when he used 'to avunculize,' meaning to tread in the footsteps of one's uncle, scarcely proposed it as a lasting addition to the language; as little did Pope intend more than a very brief existence for 'vaticide,' or Cowper for 'extra- foraneous,' or Carlyle for 'gigmanity,' for 'tolpatchery,' or the like.

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