lampadarius
Meanings
noun
- A slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other high officials both during the later Roman Republic and under the Empire.
- The leader of the second (left) choir of singers in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
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Etymology
From Latin lampadārius, from lampada, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “candle”).
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