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fecial

fecial is the alternative spelling of fetial.

Meaning of fetial

Noun

fetial (plural fetials)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.
    • Nicomachus, as explained in the next line, was already known to the Elean priests or fetials, or whatever we are to call them, as a guest-friend.1892, Pindar, “Isthmian II. Ode in Honour of a Victory in the Chariot-race at Isthmus Won by Xenocrates of Acragas”, in J[ohn] B[agnell] Bury, editor, ΠΙΝΔΑΡΟΥ ΕΠΙΝΙΚΟΙ ΙΣΘΜΙΟΝΙΚΑΙΣ [PINDAROU...

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Forms of fecial

pluralfecials

Questions about fecial

What is fecial the alternative spelling of?
Fecial is the alternative spelling of fetial.

Words near fecial in the dictionary

  1. Fechners
  2. Fecht
  3. Fechtner
  4. Fechtner syndrome
  5. Fechts
  6. fecial
  7. fecials
  8. feck
  9. fecked
  10. Feckenham
  11. fecker

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