fetial
英 ['fɪʃɪəl]
美 ['fiʃəl]
- adj. 外交的，处理国际问题的
- n. 古罗马祭司团成员
英文词源
- fetial (adj.)
- 1530s, "pertaining to the Fetiales," the Roman diplomatic corps, a college of 20 priests whose duty was to act as heralds and maintain the laws of war, from Latin fetiales "speaking, negotiating, diplomatic," which is of unknown origin.