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F0044100 (făs′ēz′)pl.n. A bundle of rods bound together around an axe with the blade projecting, carried before ancient Roman magistrates as an emblem of authority.

[Latin fascēs, pl. of fascis, bundle.]

fasces

(ˈfæsiːz) pl n, sing -cis (-sɪs) 1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) one or more bundles of rods containing an axe with its blade protruding; a symbol of a magistrate's power2. (Historical Terms) (in modern Italy) such an object used as the symbol of Fascism[C16: from Latin, plural of fascis bundle]

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n. (usu. with a sing. v.) a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power. [1590–1600; < Latin, pl. of fascis bundle]

Fasces

bundle of twigs, 1598; the birch rod, 1799—Wilkes. See also fascicle.

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Noun

fasces - 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 fascismallegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

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fasces

(făs`ēz) [Lat.,=bundles], ancient Roman symbol of the regal and later the magisterial authority. The fasces were cylindrical bundles of wooden rods, tied tightly together, from which an axe projected; they were borne by guards, called lictors, before praetors, consuls, proconsuls, dictators, and emperors. The fasces, which symbolize unity as well as power, have often been used as emblems, e.g., on the arms of the French republic and on American coins. Italian Fascism derived its name and its emblem from the fasces.

Fasces

in ancient Rome, a bundle of rods strapped together, from which a small ax protruded. The fasces was a symbol of imperial authority; later it came to symbolize the authority of high magistrates and was carried by attending lictors. The Italian Fascists adopted the fasces as their emblem.

fasces

A symbol of Roman authority consisting of a bundle of rods with an ax blade projecting from them.

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rods bundled about ax; emblem of magistrates, Fascists. [Rom. Hist.: Hall, 119; Ital. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 399]See: Authority

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noun bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding

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