What is a bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority called?
fasces — 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 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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