Crossword-Solution: LICTOR
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| Lictor | n. | An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “LICTOR”
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| ANCIENT Roman attendant | 1 answer |
| Bearer of the fasces in ancient Rome. | 1 answer |
| Fasces bearer in ancient Rome. | 1 answer |
| OFFICER of ancient Rome | 1 answer |
| Officer in old Rome | 1 answer |
| Roman executing sentences | 1 answer |
| Roman magistrate's attendant | 1 answer |
| ancient Rome officer | 1 answer |
| officer ancient Rome | 1 answer |
| one of a group of ancient Roman officials | 1 answer |
| Roman official | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
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greedy person
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Sentences with LICTOR (5)
The hand, by which no king but serjeant dies, Mutius in fire doth freely sacrifice; The prince admires the Hero, quits his pains, And Victor from the seige peace entertains; Rome's more oblig'd to flames than arms or pow'r, When one burnt hand shall the whole war devour. A somewhat imperfect rendering of LICTOR.
The mode of execution was painful and ignominious: the head of the degenerate Roman was shrouded in a veil, his hands were tied behind his back, and after he had been scourged by the lictor, he was suspended in the midst of the forum on a cross, or inauspicious tree.
The loyal citizens of Alexandria hastened to his rescue; he instantly satisfied his justice and revenge against the monk by whose hand he had been wounded, and Ammonius expired under the rod of the lictor.
According to the etymology of her name--[Greek text], a cord--the Thomisus should be like the ancient lictor, who bound the sufferer to the stake.
Every Monday this assembly sits of course; at other times, if there be occasion, any magistrate of the house, by giving order for the bell, or by his lictor or ensign-bearer, calls a senate.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1954–2013).