flamen - 4 dictionary results
fla⋅men
[fley-muh
n, -men] 
–noun, plural fla⋅mens, fla⋅mi⋅nes [flam-uh-neez] .
[flam-uh-neez] . | (in ancient Rome) a priest. |
Origin:
1300–50; < L flamen (perh. earlier *flādmen; akin to OE blōtan to sacrifice); r. ME flamin < L flāmin- (s. of flāmen)
1300–50; < L flamen (perh. earlier *flādmen; akin to OE blōtan to sacrifice); r. ME flamin < L flāmin- (s. of flāmen)
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| fla·men (flā'mən) n. pl. fla·mens or flam·i·nes (flām'ə-nēz') A priest, especially of an ancient Roman deity. [Middle English flamin, from Latin flāmen.] |
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Flamen
Fla"men\, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton.
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flamen
"ancient Roman priest," 1533, from L. flamen, of unknown origin, perhaps from the same PIE root as Goth. blotan, O.E. blotan "to sacrifice." Also used from c.1330 in reference to the ancient pre-Christian British priests, in imitation of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
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