Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A priest, especially of an ancient Roman deity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, a priest devoted to the service of one particular deity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 , andFlamen Quirinalis .
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- noun A
priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those ofJupiter ,Mars , andQuirinus , called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
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- noun a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So deh ballrogg iz gonna takem down wit him. he lashez hiz flamen whip round gandalfcatz anklez 2 drag him down to see basement catz hous. gandalfcatz last words afor fallen down da big hole iz fly you foolz! and the hobbitzez all cry.
Fly u foolz!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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He and his wife were shackled with taboos, particularly the flamen and flaminica Dialis; he was forbidden to see death, touch iron, have knots or buckles on his person, and much more.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The flamen wore a circular, poncholike cape, the laena, and the apex, a close-fitting ivory helmet surmounted by a spike on which was impaled a disc of wool.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The flamen wore a circular, poncholike cape, the laena, and the apex, a close-fitting ivory helmet surmounted by a spike on which was impaled a disc of wool.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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He and his wife were shackled with taboos, particularly the flamen and flaminica Dialis; he was forbidden to see death, touch iron, have knots or buckles on his person, and much more.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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But be the alleance of iern on his flamen vestacoat, the fibule of brooch-bronze to his wintermantle of pointefox.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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In India, this duality is in the roles of the rajan and brahman; in Rome, of rex and flamen.
Indic Ideas in the Graeco-Roman World Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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In India, this duality is in the roles of the rajan and brahman; in Rome, of rex and flamen.
Archive 2005-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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And therefore the archflamen or the flamen, as our archbishop or bishop, when he receiveth them saith thus: LA ELLEC
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Another reason for my disquiet concerns my own ancestors, for the first Cornelius to be cognominated Sulla was flamen Dialis.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
bilby commented on the word flamen
"...stalls, bulks, windows,
Are smother'd up, leads fill'd and ridges hors'd
With variable complexions; all agreeing
In earnestness to see him: seld-shown flamens
Do press among the popular throngs, and puff
To win a vulgar station..."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word flamen
a priest(ly) of a different god(ly)ness!
uncertainly certain
April 28, 2011