fasces
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fas·ces 
[fas-eez] Pronunciation Key
[fas-eez] Pronunciation Key –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. |
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L, pl. of fascis bundle, pack]
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| fas·ces
(fās'ēz') Pronunciation Key
pl.n. A bundle of rods bound together around an ax with the blade projecting, carried before ancient Roman magistrates as an emblem of authority. [Latin fascēs, pl. of fascis, bundle.] |
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fasces
fasces
1598, from L. fasces "bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting" (pl. of fascis "bundle" of wood, etc.), carried before a lictor, a superior Roman magistrate, as a symbol of power over life and limb: the sticks symbolized punishment by whipping, the axe head execution by beheading. Probably cognate with M.Ir. basc "neckband," Welsh baich "load, burden," O.E. bæst "inner bark of the linden tree."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| fasces | |
noun | |
| bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Fasces
Fas"ces\, n. pl. [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. fa`kelos a bundle.], (Rom. Antiq.) A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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