Fās'çes, n. pl.
(fās/sēz), n. pl. [Lat. fascis, bundle, allied to fascia, band. See infra.] (Rom. Antiq.) An ax tied up with a bundle of rods, and borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. Dryden.

(fās/sēz), n. pl. [Lat. fascis, bundle, allied to fascia, band. See infra.] (Rom. Antiq.) An ax tied up with a bundle of rods, and borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. Dryden.
