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单词 vaticide
释义

vaticide

[ vat-uh-sahyd ]
/ ˈvæt əˌsaɪd /

noun

a person who murders a prophet.
the act of killing a prophet.

Origin of vaticide

1720–30; <Latin vāti- (stem of vātēs seer) + -cide

Words nearby vaticide

Vatican City, Vatican City State, Vatican Council, Vatican II, Vaticanism, vaticide, vaticinal, vaticinate, vaticination, vatman, Vatnajökull National Park
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Example sentences from the Web for vaticide

  • Vaticide, vat′i-sīd, n. the killing of a prophet: one who kills a prophet.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vaticide

vaticide
/ (ˈvætɪˌsaɪd) /

noun

rare
  1. the murder of a prophet
  2. a person guilty of this

Word Origin for vaticide

C18: from Latin vātēs prophet + -cide
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