Definition of Fetial

1. a priest of ancient Rome [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetial

fetcher
fetchers
fetches
fetching
fetchingly
fetcht
fete
fete champetre
fete day
feted
feterita
feteritas
fetes
fether
fethers
fetial (current term)
fetiales
fetialis
fetials
fetiasite
fetich
fetiche
fetiches
fetichism
fetichisms
fetichist
fetichistic
fetichists
feticidal
feticide

Literary usage of Fetial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1916)
"Still, the fetial law had at least the one advantage of giving the adversary a 33 ... fetial, Paris, 1883, p. 27; Fusinato, fi. D. /., XVII (1885), p. ..."

2. Roman Imperialism by Tenney Frank (1914)
"Most striking of all is the fetial" institution, an institution which has a ... 21 The same fetial board supervised the rites of treaty making at the ..."

3. A Treatise on International Law by William Edward Hall (1895)
"Whether the practice had PART III. a distinct origin, or whether it descended from the fetial law 1 *" ' CHAP I of the Romans, is immaterial; ..."

4. Remnants of Early Latin by Frederic De Forest Allen (1897)
"In declaring war, the fetial went to the enemy's boundaries and threw a spear across them in the presence of witnesses, with the above formula, ..."

5. The History of the Kings of Rome: With a Prefatory Dissertation on Its by Thomas Henry Dyer (1868)
"It is very likely, therefore, that Numa, as Dionysius and Plutarch state,t may have introduced fetial laws, though they did not extend to the particular ..."

6. The History of the Kings of Rome: With a Prefatory Dissertation on Its by Thomas Henry Dyer (1868)
"It is very likely, therefore, that Numa, as Dionysius and Plutarch state,4 may have introduced fetial laws, though they did not extend to the particular ..."

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