vaticide

Related to vaticide: uxoricide

vaticide

(ˈvætɪˌsaɪd)
n
rare
a. the murder of a prophet
b. a person guilty of this
[C18: from Latin vātēs prophet + -cide]
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vaticide

the killing of a prophet. — vaticidal, adj.
See also: Killing
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Yet in the same year, a Garrick-character named Vaticide (poet-killer) appeared in Thomas Lowndes's The Theatrical Manager (1756), one of a number of topical comic works critiquing the Drury Lane impresario as a tyrant.
THEATRE, CELEBRITY, AND CONTAGION: DAVID GARRICK'S 1742 DUBLIN VISIT AND JAMES R. PLANCHE'S GARRICK FEVER

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