flamen
noun
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
flamens
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pluralof flamen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now the crowd understood where they were bound and shouted to them; now the youths forced themselves past the cornucopia, the mimes, the flamens, and ran into the open space before the Temple.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
Its titles of pontiffs, augurs, and flamens, were borne by senators, consuls, and generals.
From Evidence of Christianity by William Paley
Being raised by this generally good character to a proper confidence in himself, he claimed to be admitted into the senate; a thing intermitted for many years, on account of the worthlessness of former flamens.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
Ye venerable sages, and holy flamens, is there probability in your conjectures, truth in your stories, of another world beyond death; or are they all alike, baseless visions, and fabricated fables?
From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
The characteristic dress of the flamens in general was the apex, a white conical cap, the laena or mantle, and a laurel wreath.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
