Fecial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fecial \Fe"cial\, a. [L. fetialis belonging to the fetiales, the
     Roman priests who sanctioned treaties and demanded
     satisfaction from the enemy before a formal declaration of
     war.]
     Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of
     peace; as, fecial law. --Kent.


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