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fetial
[ fee-shuhl ]
adjective
- concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
fetial law.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fetial1
1525–35; < Latin fētiālis pertaining to a fētiālis, a member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fetial1
C16: from Latin fētiālis , probably from Old Latin fētis treaty
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Example Sentences
The treaty was then signed and handed over to the keeping of the fetial college.
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