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Definition: Conscript fathers
Conscript
\Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere
to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See
Scribe.]
Enrolled; written; registered.
[1913 Webster]
Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient
Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with
the
“fathers” the body was called Patres et Conscripti;
afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
[1913 Webster]