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flamen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | non-christian priest, priest |
Examples of flamen
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The origin of the word flamen is as obscure as are some of the assigned gods.
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Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy, and assigned a flamen minor.
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When he was a teenager, Marius had named him flamen Dialis, the special priest of Jupiter.
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In 40 BC Antony took up his appointment as flamen of the divus Julius.
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The name of the flamen would reflect an ancient name of this tree later corrupted into faba.
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The flamen Volcanalis officed a sacrifice to goddess Maia, held every year at the Kalendae of May.
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Ceres was served by a flamen Cerealis, usually a plebeian.
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He was twice duumvir and flamen for life for Mars Mullo.
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A flamen, one of the flamines minores, named flamen Volcanalis was preposed to the cult of the god.
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- A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
- In ancient Roman religion, a flamen was a priest assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cult during the Roman Republic. The most important three were the flamines maiores (or "major priests"), who served the three chief Roman gods of the Archaic Triad. ...
- 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
