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Noun:

रोमन देव पुजारी, फ़्लेमन,

flamen's Usage Examples:

Both consuls were anxious to obtain the command against him; Crassus was pontifex maximus, and Flaccus a flamen of Mars.

This flamen also sacrificed on the 1st of May to Maia, who in an old prayer formula (Gellius 13.23) was coupled with Volcanus as Maia Volcani.

In the Comitium was an "area Volcani," also called "Volcanal"; and here on the 23rd of August (Volcanalia) the Flamen Volcanalis sacrificed, and the heads of Roman families threw into the fire small fish, which the Tiber fishermen sold on the spot.

The election of members was by co-optation on the motion of the president, who, with a flamen, was himself elected for one year.

Fasces were given to the Flamen Dialis and (after 42 B.C.) even to the Vestals.

Caesar was at once marked out for high distinction, being created flamen Dialis or priest of Jupiter.

The old priesthood, and in particular the flaminia, came to be regarded as tiresome restrictions on political life and were neglected: from 87 to II B.C. the office of flamen Dialis was vacant.

the flamen on the Ara Pacis), and was also adorned with an ivory crescent (lunula).

According to the legend, her worship was instituted by Titus Tatius, and her priest, the flamen Floralis, by Numa.

Later, they were used to denote the attendants on certain priests and priestesses, especially the flamen dialis and flaminica and the curiones.

flamen's Meaning':

a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome

Synonyms:

non-Christian priest, priest,

Antonyms:

layman,