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Definition of Lictors

Lictor
Lictor Lic"tor (l[i^]k"t[o^]r), n. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) 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. Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. --Milton.

Meaning of Lictors from wikipedia

- Roman records describe lictors as having existed since the Roman Kingdom, and may have originated with the Etruscans. The lictors were instituted by Rome's...
- dictator's deputy) – 6 lictors Praetor – 6 lictors (2 lictors within the pomerium) Consul – 12 lictors each Dictator – 24 lictors outside the pomerium and...
- had 12 lictors, as did the traditional dictators. The late republican dictators – of which Sulla was the first – were accompanied by 24 lictors and fasces...
- The Sword of the Lictor is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe. First released in 1982, it is the third volume in the four-volume series...
- The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons (French: Les licteurs rapportent à Brutus les corps de ses fils) is a work in oils by the French artist...
- only in Africa: Lictor conjugans (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) – Ivory Coast Lictor mirabilis (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011) – Nigeria Lictor pavidus (Szűts...
- Periaptodes lictor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. It is known from Indonesia...
- Plateros lictor is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America. "Plateros lictor Species Information". BugGuide...
- The Muslim ****ociation of the Lictor (Italian: ****ociazione Musulmana del Littorio, AML) was created in January 1939 as the Muslim branch of the National...
- Lictor pavidus is a species of jumping spiders in the genus Lictor that lives in Ivory Coast and Nigeria. It was first identified in 2001. World Spider...