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fetiales

Syllables: fe·tial·esUS/ˌfeɪtiˈɑˌleɪs/

fetiales is the plural of fetialis.

Meaning of fetialis

Noun

fetialis (plural fetiales)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A fetial.
    • This was the mode in which Roman treaties were made, the fecialis praying Jupiter to punish the infringer of the treaty as he did the animal, which he instantly dispatched with a flint stone.1843, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, “Heraldick Matters”, in Encyclopaedia of Antiquities and Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediaeval, volume 2, London, page 765

Questions about fetiales

What is fetiales the plural of?
Fetiales is the plural of fetialis.
How do you pronounce fetiales?
Fetiales is pronounced /ˌfeɪtiˈɑˌleɪs/ (US).

Words near fetiales in the dictionary

  1. fethers
  2. Fetherson
  3. Fetherston
  4. feti
  5. fetial
  6. fetiales
  7. fetialis
  8. fetials
  9. fetiasite
  10. fetich
  11. fetiche

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