单词 | fetial |
释义 | fetialadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to the fetiales (see B.); hence, heraldic, ambassadorial. fetial law n. the Roman law relating to declarations of war and treaties of peace. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > Roman law of war or treaties fetial law1556 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [adjective] > of or relating to ambassador ambassadorial1656 legatorial1656 fetial1684 embassadoriala1734 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 15 The fecial lawe of the people of Rome. 1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) lxxxi. 279 Every Servile and Mechanick-fellow, fecial Messengers, and Caduceators. 1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. iii. 51 The fecial law of the Romans gave such moderation and religious solemnity to a preparation of war. 1839 W. O. Manning Law Nations (1875) iv. vi. 196 The Romans, whose fecial college, etc. 1866 Cornhill 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. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Roman father patrate1533 fetial1533 flamen1533 pontifex1579 pontiff1600 septemvir1600 pontifice1603 Arval Brethren1656 Salian1781 society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > herald > ancient Roman fetial1533 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 41 ‘Deliver to me,’ said the Feciall, ‘the herbe.’ 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. iii. 4 It was not lawful for..any Souldier to take Armes, untill the Fæcials had so commanded or allowed. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 173 It does not appear that they were employed, like the Italian Fetials, to make formal declarations of war. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xiii. 76 Striking the fecial a blow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1533 |
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