Definition for FAS'CES

FAS'CES, n. [plur. L. fascis, W. fasg, a bundle; fascia, a band. See Class Bz, No. 24, 35, 60.]

In Roman antiquity, an ax tied up with a bundle of rods, and borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. – Dryden.

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