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Fas"ces (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. 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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