1paganarch-flamen, Briton priest devoted to the service of a particular deity:
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xivin
)
El regne ourent .xxviij. flames E treis maistres archiflames, Des flames si funt eveskes, De[s] archiflames arceveskes
3309-11
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
)
A cel temps estoient en Brutaigne, q’ore est dit Engleterre, vint et sept flamines et trois archeflaumes
143.30
2
Islam
imam, one who leads the prayers in a mosque:
(
1356-57;
MS: s.xivex
)
Item il avient sovent qe ascun christien devient sarazins ou par simplece ou poverté, ou par malveisté. Et ly archiflamins ou flamines quant il les receut dit ensi: 'La illecc ella sila Machomet Roses Alla hec'
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archiflamine (s.xiii1/3)