(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:14:34

Vat"i*cide (?), n. [L. vates a prophet + caedere to kill.]

The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet.

"The caitiff vaticide."

Pope.

 

© Webster 1913.

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