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Definition of Flamens

Flamen
Flamen Fla"men, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton.

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- flamen. The fifteen Republican flamens were members of the Pontifical College, who administered state-sponsored religion. When the office of flamen was...
- In ancient Roman religion, the flamen Dialis was the high priest of Jupiter. The term Dialis is related to Diespiter, an Old Latin form of the name Jupiter...
- In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Quirinalis was the flamen or high priest of the god Quirinus. He was one of the three flamines maiores, third in...
- the three high priests who were the most important of the fifteen flamens. The Flamen Martialis would have led public rites on the days sacred to Mars...
- Albert Flamen (c. 1620 – after 1669) was a Flemish engraver, painter, and tapestry designer. He was active in Paris, where he worked mainly as an illustrator...
- In Roman Imperial cult, the flamen Divi Julii or flamen Divi Iulii, was the priest of the divinised Julius Caesar, and the fourth of the so-called flamines...
- college. The flamens were priests in charge of fifteen official cults of Roman religion, each ****igned to a particular god. The three major flamens (flamines...
- deities cultivated by the major flamens were: Jupiter Mars Quirinus The twelve deities attended by the minor flamens were: Carmentis Ceres Falacer Flora...
- Of ****tus' descendants, we know that he had an eponymous son, who was Flamen Quirinalis in 57 BC; the ****tus Julius Caesar who served in the Civil War...
- February 17. The priest of Quirinus, the Flamen Quirinalis, was one of the three patrician flamines maiores ("major flamens") who had precedence over the Pontifex...