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fasces
[ fas-eez ]
noun
- a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
fasces
/ ˈfæsiːz /
plural noun
- (in ancient Rome) one or more bundles of rods containing an axe with its blade protruding; a symbol of a magistrate's power
- (in modern Italy) such an object used as the symbol of Fascism
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Example Sentences
Wilt thou see also the Tarquin kings, and the haughty soul of Brutus the Avenger, and the fasces regained?
The Roman consuls were accustomed to use a certain badge of authority called the fasces.
Those were the days when fasces were carried abroad in public ftes, as emblems of liberty,—fasces!
This morning he appointed me regent head of the house, and delivered me the fasces and curule chair.
The decemvir's lictor attacks Valerius and Horatius: the fasces are broken by the people.
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