Flā´men, n.

n.; Eng. pl. FLĀ´MENS; Lat. pl. FLĀM´I-NĒS. [Lat., also filamen, a priest of one particular deity, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head, from filum, thread, the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen’s cap.] (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were the Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.