vaticide

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English

Etymology

From Latin; the first element is vātēs. Equivalent to +‎ -cide.

Noun

vaticide (countable and uncountable, plural vaticides)

  1. The murder of a prophet.
  2. (rare) A murderer of a prophet.

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