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Vaticide

Vaticide \Vat"i*cide\, n. [L. vates a prophet + caedere to kill.] The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. ``The caitiff vaticide.''
--Pope.

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vaticide

n. 1 A murder of a prophet. 2 (context rare English) A murderer of a prophet.