flamines

[fley-muhn, -men]

noun, plural fla·mens, fla·mi·nes

[flam-uh-neez] .

(in ancient Rome) a priest.

Origin:
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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