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Webster 1913 Edition

Vaticide

Vat′i-cide

,
Noun.
[L.
vates
a prophet +
caedere
to kill.]
The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet.
“The caitiff vaticide.”
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vaticide

VAT'ICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. vates, a prophet, and caedo, to kill.]
The murderer of a prophet.

Definition 2024

vaticide

vaticide

English

Noun

vaticide ‎(plural vaticides)

  1. A murder of a prophet.
  2. (rare) A murderer of a prophet.

Etymology

From Latin; the first element is vātēs. Equivalent to +‎ -cide.

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