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fasces
[ fas-eez ]
noun
, (usually used with a singular verb)
- a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
fasces
/ ˈfæsiːz /
plural noun
- (in ancient Rome) one or more bundles of rods containing an axe with its blade protruding; a symbol of a magistrate's power
- (in modern Italy) such an object used as the symbol of Fascism
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fasces1
1590–1600; < Latin, plural of fascis bundle, pack
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fasces1
C16: from Latin, plural of fascis bundle
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Example Sentences
Wilt thou see also the Tarquin kings, and the haughty soul of Brutus the Avenger, and the fasces regained?
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The Roman consuls were accustomed to use a certain badge of authority called the fasces.
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Those were the days when fasces were carried abroad in public ftes, as emblems of liberty,—fasces!
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This morning he appointed me regent head of the house, and delivered me the fasces and curule chair.
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The decemvir's lictor attacks Valerius and Horatius: the fasces are broken by the people.
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