English Explanatory Dictionary

sebastophant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who carried images and symbols in processions of the imperial cult of Ancient Rome.

Word forms

sebastophant sebastophants sebastophantes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σεβαστοφάντης (Sebastophántēs), from Σεβαστός (Sebastós, calque of Augustus) + φαίνω (phaínō, “show”). Modelled after ἱεροφάντης (hierophántēs).

Related words

hierophant
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