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vaticide

vaticide noun: the murder of a prophet.

Noun

vaticide (countable and uncountable, plural vaticides)

  1. The murder of a prophet.
  2. (rare) A murderer of a prophet.

Forms of vaticide

pluralvaticides

Origin of vaticide

From Latin; the first element is vātēs. Equivalent to + -cide.

Words formed from vaticide

Questions about vaticide

What does vaticide mean?
Vaticide means the murder of a prophet.
What part of speech is vaticide?
Vaticide is a noun.
What is the plural of vaticide?
The plural of vaticide is vaticides.

Words near vaticide in the dictionary

  1. Vaticanologist
  2. Vaticanologists
  3. Vaticanology
  4. vaticanols
  5. vaticidal
  6. vaticide
  7. vaticides
  8. vaticinal
  9. vaticinate
  10. vaticinated
  11. vaticinates

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