Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Flamen   Listen
Flamen

noun
(pl. E. flammens, L. flamines)
1.
A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Flamen" Quotes from Famous Books



... he turned his attention to the appointment of priests, though he performed many sacred rites himself, especially those which now belong to the flamen of Jupiter. But, as he imagined that in a warlike nation there would be more kings resembling Romulus than Numa, and that they would go to war in person, he appointed a residentiary priest as flamen to Jupiter, that the sacred functions of the royal office might not be neglected, ...
— The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 • Titus Livius


Words linked to "Flamen" :   priest, non-Christian priest


Copyright © 2025 Diccionario ingles.com