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Today's question: Can regicide be applied to someone who murders an emperor? The dictionaries seem pretty firm on the term applying to someone who kills a king, but a few google searches turn it up in articles about assassinating an emperor.

If it only applies to kings, what is the imperial equivalent?

P.S. Why am I obsessing about this when I should be writing?

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Date: 2006-02-05 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pbray.livejournal.com
Thanks. I'd considered impericide but it just doesn't sound as cool. Regicide sounds menacing, impericide sounds like something you use to cure toenail fungus.

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Date: 2006-02-20 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dancingwriter.livejournal.com
LOL--you're right, it does! I haven't been able to think of anything better, though....

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