Augustales

American  

[aw-guh-stey-leez] / ˌɔ gəˈsteɪ liz /

plural noun

1. local officials, usually freedmen, appointed in various towns for the worship of deified emperors.

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Etymology

Origin of Augustales

< Latin, plural of Augustālis. See Augustus, -al ¹

Example Sentences

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Augustales

The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2025

After the local aristocracy of curial rank came, in order of social precedence, members of the knightly class and the order of the Augustales.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill

But the leading Augustales seem to have been quite as generous to the other corporations who placed themselves under their patronage.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill

She had a miniature Senate, composed of decurions; an aristocracy in epitome, represented by the Augustales, answering to knights; and then came her plebs or common people.

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier

A very considerable item of revenue must have been found in the fee which all decurions, Augustales, and magistrates paid on entering on their office or dignity.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill