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ancilia

ancilia is the plural of ancile.

Meaning of ancile

Noun

ancile (plural ancilia or anciles)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa Pompilius. 11 copies were said to have been made, and it was the palladium of Rome.

Questions about ancilia

What is ancilia the plural of?
Ancilia is the plural of ancile.

Words near ancilia in the dictionary

  1. ancientry
  2. ancients
  3. ancienty
  4. ancile
  5. anciles
  6. ancilia
  7. anciliary
  8. ancilla
  9. ancilla bit
  10. ancilla bits
  11. ancillae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ancilia (page history and authors); ancile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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