loricati

[loh-rih-KAY-tee]

Definitions

1. noun

a member of a Roman order of priests who wore a distinctive lictors’ (official attendants) staffs

“The loricati priests marched solemnly through the streets, their staffs held high.”

Synonyms

  • lictors
  • praetorian

Antonyms

  • laity
  • secular