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

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

On the distinction between the Augustales and the Seviri Aug. v.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

His ambition had to be satisfied with admission to the order of the Augustales, which ranked socially after the members of the Curia.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The origin of the order of the Augustales was long a subject of debate.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

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 Dill, Samuel