Usually means: Ancient Roman shield, religious significance.
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  1. ancile: Merriam-Webster
  2. ancile: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ancile: Wordnik
  4. ancile: Wiktionary
  5. ancile: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Ancile, ancile: Dictionary.com
  7. Ancile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Ancile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. ancile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Ancile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. Ancile: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. ancile: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Ancile: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. ancile: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ancile)

noun:  (Ancient Rome) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa Pompilius. 11 copies were said to have been made, and it was the palladium of Rome.

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