Salii

American  

[sal-ee-ahy] / ˈsæl iˌaɪ /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. (in ancient Rome) a college of priests of Mars and Quirinus who guarded the ancilia and led the festivities in their honor.

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Example Sentences

“I don’t feel like I’m in a shelter,” said Polina Salii, 11, whose family fled the fighting in Pokrovsk, a town in the east.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2022

Julian receives the surrender of the Salii, a Frankish tribe.

From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke

There were also the Salian virgins, besides another division of the Salii called Agonenses or Collini.

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

The banquets of the Salii were transferred to this temple, a circumstance which led to its identification, from the discovery of an inscription here recording the mansiones of these priests.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

There were also an order of female Salii.

From The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. by Anonymous