archiflame (s.xiii1/3)

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archiflame (s.xiii1/3)

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  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  flame 2 (archiflame) F597 DMF: TLF: OED: MED:  arche-flame n.  DMLBS:  archiflamen 118c
archeflame,  archeflaume,  archiflame,  archiflaume,  archiflaune  

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1 pagan arch-flamen, high-ranking 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  3309-11
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  A cel temps estoient en Brutaigne, q’ore est dit Engleterre, vint et sept flamines et trois archiflamines (var. (A: c.1375) archeflaumes;  (F: s.xivm) archiflaunes;  (L: s.xiv/xv) arecheflames )  143.30 (var.)
archiflamine  flame#1 
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