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fla⋅men

  [fley-muhn, -men]
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–noun, plural fla⋅mens, fla⋅mi⋅nes  [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)
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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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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