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

Marq. says, scheinen die Augustales als lebenslängliche Mitglieder des Collegiums, die Seviri als jährlich wechselnde Beamte desselben zu betrachten zu sein.1231.Marq. i.

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

In almost every district of the Roman Empire the order of the Augustales, which was composed to a great extent of wealthy freedmen,608 has left its memorials.

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

Like Julius Caesar, Augustus was deified, and a priestly college of Augustales, chosen from the senatorial order was founded to maintain his worship in Rome.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly