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单词 fetial
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fetial

[ fee-shuhl ]
/ ˈfi ʃəl /

adjective

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

Origin of fetial

1525–35; <Latin fētiālis pertaining to a fētiālis, a member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations

Words nearby fetial

fête champêtre, fete day, fête galante, feterita, feti-, fetial, feticide, fetid, fetiparous, fetish, fetishism
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Example sentences from the Web for fetial

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

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for fetial

fetial
/ (ˈfiːʃəl) /

noun plural fetiales (ˌfiːʃɪˈeɪliːz)

(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

Word Origin for fetial

C16: from Latin fētiālis, probably from Old Latin fētis treaty
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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