Flamen

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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flamen
flāmen (also ‡ FILAMEN, Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he w...

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Flamen
Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5. ...

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flamen
flāmen (1) inis, m 2 FLAG-, a priest (of one deity), flamen : divis singulis flamines sunto: flam...

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