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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ancile

· An·ci·le · IPA
01 n. The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
  1. 1.
    The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.(Rom. Antiq.)