fetial

[fee-shuhl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace.
fetial law.

fetial

/ ˈ�ھ�ːʃə�� /

noun

(in ancient Rome) any of the 20 priestly heralds involved in declarations of war and in peace negotiations

adjective

of or relating to the fetiales
a less common word for heraldic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetial¹

1525–35; < Latin ��ŧ�پ�� pertaining to a ��ŧ�پ��, 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 ��ŧ�پ�� , probably from Old Latin ��ŧ�پ�� treaty

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Example Sentences

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

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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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feti-feticide

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