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fetial
[ fee-shuhl ]
adjective
- concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
fetial law.
fetial
/ ˈھːʃə /
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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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fetial1
1525–35; < Latin ŧپ pertaining to a ŧپ, a member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fetial1
C16: from Latin ŧپ , probably from Old Latin ŧپ treaty
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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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