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arch-flamen|ˈɑːtʃˈfleɪmɛn|
[ad. med.L. archi-flāmen = archiepiscopus; see archi- and flamen.]
A chief flamen or priest; an archbishop. Hence archflamenship.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. viii. 41 Ðe Archebyschopys callyt þan wes Arche flamynes. 1576Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 71 King Lucius..changed the Archflamines of London, York, and Caerleon, into so many Archbishops. c1640Howell Dodona's Grove 204 (L.) Melissanus, who now sways the great archflamenship. 1656Trapp Comm. John ix. 22 That archflamen of Rome, the pope. 1823Lamb Elia i. xiii, Bishop Valentine! thou venerable Arch-flamen of Hymen. |