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flamine1 (s.xiii1/3)

flamine1 (s.xiii1/3)

flame;  flamyne;  flaune  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC:  flamine 9,624c TL: DEAF:  flame 2 (flamine) F597 DMF:  flamine 1  TLF:  flamine  OED:  flamen n.  MED:  flamin n.  DMLBS:  flamen 1 958b

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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  TREVET Cron1 143.30
2 theol.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
3 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'  Mandeville 283

See also:

archiflamine 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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