incendium
noun
in·cen·di·um
\ə̇nˈsendēəm\
Definition of incendium
incendia
\-ēə\Roman law & Roman Dutch law
: a crime corresponding to but of wider scope than arson in the English common law
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Origin and Etymology of incendium
Medieval Latin, from Latin, conflagration
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