The story
- Latin · borrowed fromrex“king”
- English todayrex sacrorum
Borrowed from Latin rex (“king”) + sacrorum (“of the sacred”).
Words from the same roots
Latinrex all →
rexBognor Regis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rex sacrorum
Today it means: A senatorial priesthood in Ancient Rome, reserved for patricians. Full definition →
Latin rex