fasces in English

noun
1
(in ancient Rome) a bundle of rods with a projecting ax blade, carried by a lictor as a symbol of a magistrate's power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.
On March 23, 1919, Mussolini and other war veterans founded in Milan a revolutionary, nationalistic group called the Fasci di Combattimento, named for the ancient Roman symbol of power, the fasces .

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1. The fasces denotes authority.

2. The reverse design, a fasces juxtaposed with an olive branch, was intended to symbolize America's readiness for war, combined with its desire for peace.

3. A lion passant Gules charged on the shoulder with a cross Botonny fitchéee Or and holding in the dexter forepaw a fasces Proper

4. Corporatism's flag represents a fasces (as in a bundle of sticks), a symbol of Corporatist economics and fascism, which corporatism is heavily tied to

5. During this legateship, when he was walking along preceded by the fasces , one of his fellow-townsmen, a man of Lepcis and a plebeian, embraced him as an old comrade.

6. Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules within an orle of crosses Botonny fitchée Or a lion rampant of the last holding in the dexter forepaw a fasces erect Proper 2nd per pale Or and Gules three leopard's faces