The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flamen \Fla"men\, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. [L.] (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.
WordNet
n. a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
[also: flamines (pl)]
See flamen
Usage examples of "flamines".
To him he added two other flamines, one for Mars, another for Quirinus.
Save for the poor flamen Dialis, none of the flamines seemed terribly hedged about with prohibitions or taboos, but all three major flamines qualified for a public salary, a State house, and membership in the Senate.
The flamen and flaminica Dialis had to be patrician in status, though I have not yet discovered whether this was true of the other flamines, major or minor.