fasces

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascismType of emblem, allegory
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fas′ces plural noun

Origin: L., plural of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. φάκελος a bundle.

Roman antiquity 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 (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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