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Flamen

noun
(pl. E. flammens, L. flamines)
1.
A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.





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... he turned his attention to the appointment of priests, though he performed many sacred rites himself, especially those which now belong to the flamen of Jupiter. But, as he imagined that in a warlike nation there would be more kings resembling Romulus than Numa, and that they would go to war in person, he appointed a residentiary priest as flamen to Jupiter, that the sacred functions of the royal office might not be neglected, ...
— The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 • Titus Livius


Words linked to "Flamen" :   priest, non-Christian priest


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