1. the act of killing a prophet or seer
Usage: rare; literary
2. one who kills a prophet or seer
Usage: rare; literary

Examples

• The ancient text described the vaticide as a grave sin against the gods.
• He was branded a vaticide for slaying the oracle.
• The king’s vaticide brought a curse upon the land.
• Stories of vaticide appear in several mythological traditions.
• The vaticide fled the temple after committing the deed.