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fetials

fetials is the plural 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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Questions about fetials

What is fetials the plural of?
Fetials is the plural of fetial.

Words near fetials in the dictionary

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

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