Dictionary entry

Flamen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fla″men (?), n.; pl. E. Flammens (#), L. Flamines (#). (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.