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单词 flamen
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Definition of flamen in English:

flamen

nounPlural flamines, Plural flamens ˈflɑːmɛnˈfleɪmɛnˈflāmən
Roman History
  • A priest serving a particular deity.

    〔罗马史〕祭司

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mark Antony was designated his flamen.
    • If these men had such a king as this, who, while self-indulgent, should lay no severe restraint on them, they would more enthusiastically consecrate to him a temple and a flamen than the ancient Romans did to Romulus.
    • He created a new priest, the flamen Iulialis, to supervise the cult of the deified Julius Caesar, just as Numa had created the flamen Quirinalis for the worship of Romulus as a god after his death.
    • An inscription recounts that the bridge was built as a bequest in his will by one Flavos, a Romanized Gaulish aristocrat who was a flamen of the Imperial Cult of Rome and Augustus.
    • There follows a period of Lent and abstinences: no marriage is performed in this period, the flaminica, wife of the flamen Dialis, is not allowed to have intercourse with her husband.

Origin

Latin.

Definition of flamen in US English:

flamen

nounˈflāmən
Roman History
  • A priest serving a particular deity.

    〔罗马史〕祭司

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An inscription recounts that the bridge was built as a bequest in his will by one Flavos, a Romanized Gaulish aristocrat who was a flamen of the Imperial Cult of Rome and Augustus.
    • There follows a period of Lent and abstinences: no marriage is performed in this period, the flaminica, wife of the flamen Dialis, is not allowed to have intercourse with her husband.
    • Mark Antony was designated his flamen.
    • He created a new priest, the flamen Iulialis, to supervise the cult of the deified Julius Caesar, just as Numa had created the flamen Quirinalis for the worship of Romulus as a god after his death.
    • If these men had such a king as this, who, while self-indulgent, should lay no severe restraint on them, they would more enthusiastically consecrate to him a temple and a flamen than the ancient Romans did to Romulus.

Origin

Latin.

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