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flamen
[ fley-muhn, -men ]
noun
, plural fla·mens, fla·mi·nes [flam, -, uh, -neez].
- (in ancient Rome) a priest.
flamen
/ ˈfleɪmɛn /
noun
- (in ancient Rome) any of 15 priests who each served a particular deity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flamen1
1300–50; < Latin flamen (perhaps earlier *flādmen; akin to Old English blōtan to sacrifice); replacing Middle English flamin < Latin flāmin- (stem of flāmen )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flamen1
C14: from Latin; probably related to Old English blōtan to sacrifice, Gothic blotan to worship
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Example Sentences
The influence of his uncle Marius caused him to be nominated priest of Jupiter (flamen dialis) at the age of fourteen.
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Flamen, among the ancient Romans, was a priest or minister of sacrifice.
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Suetonius (Csar, 1) says that Csar was designated (destinatus) flamen.
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And indeed, the motives which the Flamen had assigned on former occasions, had by no means been nullified by Cornelius Cinna.
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And yet, if anyone could wring this permission from the tyrant by the mere weight of personal influence, it was the Flamen.
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