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en-wikipedia-org-1912		Flamen - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3544	413	71	A flamen (plural flamens or flamines)[1] was a priest of the ancient Roman religion who was assigned to one of eighteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic. The most important of these were the three flamines maiores (or "major priests"), who served the important Roman gods Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus. Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumézil attempted to link the term to the Sanskrit word brahman.[6] His etymology has problems in terms of phonological shifts, and modern linguists have generally rejected it.[7][5][a] Andrew Sihler considers the claim that flamen might be a cognate of the Vedic term to be as plausible. The flamen was a high position within Roman society and religion. In an attempt to preserve Roman culture and history, the flamines and other religious orders such as the vestals were in charge of the sacred and religious items of Rome.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1912.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1912.txt