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flamen

/fley-muhn, -men/US // ˈfleɪ mən, -mɛn //UK // (ˈfleɪmɛn) //

焰火,焰口,焰龙,焰焰

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fla·mens, fla·mi·nes [flam-uh-neez]. /ˈflæm əˌniz/.

    • : a priest.

Examples

  • The influence of his uncle Marius caused him to be nominated priest of Jupiter (flamen dialis) at the age of fourteen.

  • Flamen, among the ancient Romans, was a priest or minister of sacrifice.

  • Suetonius (Csar, 1) says that Csar was designated (destinatus) flamen.

  • And indeed, the motives which the Flamen had assigned on former occasions, had by no means been nullified by Cornelius Cinna.

  • And yet, if anyone could wring this permission from the tyrant by the mere weight of personal influence, it was the Flamen.