If ever a Flamen deserved expulsion from his office, it is surely yon ancient, crafty, carnal-minded soul!
We have already seen that the Flamen Dialis was forbidden to eat or even name several plants and animals, and that the flesh diet of the Egyptian kings was restricted to veal and goose.
We have seen that the Flamen Dialis was not allowed to walk under a trellised vine.
Of the taboos imposed on priests, the rules of life observed by the Flamen Dialis at Rome furnish a striking example.
His worship was cared for by a special priest, the Flamen Virbialis.
The cut hair and nails of theFlamen Dialis were buried under a lucky tree.
We have seen that the Flamen Dialis was forbidden to touch or even name raw flesh.
As for the allowance, I said I would give him as much as Publilius or Lentulus the flamen gave their sons.
Even the priest of Jupiter (the Flamen Dialis) preceded by a lictor, and entitled by his office to the entrance of the senate, at first the especial dignitary of the patricians, was subsequently the choice of the people.
At Rome the duty devolved on the Flamen Dialis, who sacrificed a lamb to Jupiter and then gathered the first grapes over the entrails of the victim.
He had a chief priest, who was called ‘Flamen Quirinalis.
According to Varro and Festus, the Romans offered sacrifices to these Deities, and they had their respective temples and altars at Rome, the priest of Pomona being called ‘Flamen Pomonalis.
Next he turned his attention to the appointment of priests, though he discharged many sacred functions himself, especially those which now belong to the flamen of Jupiter.
The onerous restrictions on the Roman flamen dialis and his wife are given in Frazer's Golden Bough (see Index, s.
This is reflected generally in the Roman priesthood, but especially in the ceremonial surrounding the flamen Dialis, the priest of Iuppiter.
The influence of his uncle Marius caused him to be nominated priest of Jupiter (flamen dialis) at the age of fourteen.
On the 23rd of August, the day of inauguration of Lentulus, flamen of Mars, the house was decorated, and couches of ivory were set up in the triclinia.
Now, as long as this formality was not accomplished, he was only the flamen designate.
Bonds, no man in bonds allowed in house of Flamen Dialis, iii.
Wheaten flour, the Flamen Dialis not allowed to touch, iii.
Army under arms, Flamen Dialis forbidden to see, iii.
Vine, Flamen Dialis not allowed to walk under a, iii.
If she died, the flamen resigned his office, because there were certain sacred rites which he could not perform without her assistance.
Flamen of Jupiter must not spend one night out of the city, v.
The praetors were ordered to regulate their casting lots, in such a manner, that the flamen of Jupiter should have one or other of the judicial employments at Rome.
At last religion prevailed, so that the flamen obeyed the order of the pontiff; and the fines were remitted by order of the people.
This year Caius Cicereius dedicated a temple to Juno Monita on the Alban mount, five years after he had vowed it; and Lucius Postumius Albinus was inaugurated flamen of Mars.
Aufellius Rufus at Cales was advanced from the position of primipilus of a legion to that of quinquennalis, without having held any other city offices, but he was flamen of the deified emperor (Divus Augustus), and patron of the city.
The first cross we meet with on the coins in question, is upon one of Julius Caesar; who was appointed Flamen Dialis B.
Let us place the tiara of Jupiter's flamenon any person, provided he be a man.
And shall the flamen by living abroad draw on himself and on his country such a weight of guilt every night?
It is an act of impiety for the flamen Dialis to remain for a single night without the city.
Next 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.
Finally Flamen the priest, the man most respected in the central and largest of the towns, spoke of an old custom called the "sacred spring.
Flamen believed that if they kept a "sacred spring" their guardian god, Mars, would help them.
Flamen the priest gave a daughter in the year of the sacred spring; Maurs the smith gave a son.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flamen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
