HyperDic: fasces

English > 1 sense of the word fasces:
NOUNcommunicationfascesbundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding
English > fasces: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningbundle 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.
Broaderemblem, allegoryA visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Spanishfasces
Catalanfasces, feix roma, feix romà

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