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1hist.paganflamen, 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
Brut Royal 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
TREVETCron1 143.30
2theol.eccl.priest, ordained minister who officiates at the Eucharist and administers the sacraments:
(
1356-57; MS: s.xivex
)
ly Soudan [...] Sy me demaunda coment les christiens se governerent en noz pais, et jeo ly
ditz qe bien, Dieu Graciez. Et il me dit qe veraiment qe noun font. Qar vos flamynes ne font compte de Dieu servir
Mandeville 278
3Islamimam, 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'
Mandeville 283
flamine1 (s.xiii1/3)