1paganarch-flamen, high-ranking Briton priest devoted to the service of a particular deity:
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
)
A cel temps estoient en Brutaigne, q’ore est dit Engleterre, vint et sept flamines et trois archiflamines
(var.
(T: 1340-60) archiflamyns
)
143.30
2
Islam
term used for a high-ranking muslim cleric from a Christian perspective:
(
1356-57;
MS: s.xivex
)
Item il avient sovent qe ascun christien devient sarazins ou par simplece ou poverté, ou par malveisté. Et ly archiflamins ou flamines quant il les receut dit ensi: [...] 'Il ne ad Dieu for qe un soul et Machomet soun messager'
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archiflamine (c.1334)