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fasces
fas·ces [ fá sz ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
symbolic rods: in ancient Rome, a bundle of rods containing an ax with a projecting blade, carried in front of magistrates
[Late 16th century. < Latin, plural of fascis "bundle"]
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