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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAS'CES, n. plu. [L. fascis.]
In Roman antiquity, an ax tied with a bundle of rods, and borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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 fascism

Merriam Webster's

noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Latin, from plural of fascis bundle; akin to Latin fascia Date: 1598 a bundle of rods and among them an ax with projecting blade borne before ancient Roman magistrates as a badge of authority

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. Rom.Hist. 1 a bundle of rods with a projecting axe-blade, carried by a lictor as a symbol of a magistrate's power. 2 hist. (in Fascist Italy) emblems of authority. Etymology: L, pl. of fascis bundle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fasces Fas"ces, n. pl. [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. fa`kelos a bundle.], (Rom. Antiq.) A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.

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