Augustales

[ aw-guh-stey-leez ]

plural noun

1. local officials, usually freedmen, appointed in various towns for the worship of deified emperors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Augustales¹

< Latin, plural of Augustālis. See Augustus, -al ¹

Example Sentences

They brought baskets of those large figs called palombale, and also a present of gold augustales.

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Augustales, highest class of Exceptores (shorthand writers), 104 n, 110; xi.

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The Augustales referred to in the latter passage were a higher class of Exceptores.

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Deputati.The first fifteen were called Deputati, the others were apparently known simply as Augustales.

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