vaticide
/ˈvætɪsaɪd/
noun
- The act of killing a prophet.
- In the myth, the king's vaticide was seen as a crime against the gods.
- The ancient story tells of a vaticide that silenced the oracle forever.
- The novel explores the consequences of vaticide in a world where prophets are revered.
- A person who kills a prophet.
- The detective hunted the vaticide who had targeted the city's last prophet.
- The villain was known as a vaticide, having murdered three seers.
- In the legend, the vaticide was cursed to wander the earth.