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fetial

American  
[fee-shuhl] / ˈfi ʃəl /

adjective

  1. concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace.

    fetial law.
fetial British  
/ ˈfiːʃəl /

noun

  1. (in ancient Rome) any of the 20 priestly heralds involved in declarations of war and in peace negotiations

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adjective

  1. of or relating to the fetiales

  2. a less common word for heraldic

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Etymology

Origin of fetial

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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The treaty was then signed and handed over to the keeping of the fetial college.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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