Meaning Of The Word Ancile

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ancile in American English
noun: a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome

ancile in British English
noun: a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend

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