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fetial, fecial, a. and n.|ˈfiːʃəl|
[ad. L. fetiālis (erroneously fec-): of unknown origin.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the fetiales (see B.); hence, heraldic, ambassadorial. fetial law: the Roman law relating to declarations of war and treaties of peace.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices i. (1558) 16 The feciall lawe of the people of Rome. 1684tr. Agrippa's Van. Arts lxxxi. 279 Every Servile and Mechanick-fellow, fecial Messengers, and Caduceators. 1826Kent Comm. 6 The fecial law relating to declarations of war. 1839W. O. Manning Law Nations iv. vi. (1875) 196 The Romans, whose fecial college, etc. 1866Cornh. Mag. Nov. 631 The members of the Fetial profession.
B. n. One of the fetiales, a Roman college of priests, who fulfilled the function of heralds, and performed the rites connected with the declaration of war and the conclusion of peace.
1533Bellenden Livy i. (1822) 41 ‘Deliver to me,’ said the Feciall, ‘the herbe.’ 1602Segar Hon. Mil. & Civ. i. iii. 4 It was not lawful for..any Souldier to take Armes, untill the Fæcials had so commanded or allowed. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. 173 It does not appear that they were employed, like the Italian Fetials, to make formal declarations of war. 1875Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xiii. (1877) 76 Striking the fecial a blow. |