Demeterian
Demeterian adjective: of or relating to the Ancient Greek goddess Demeter.
Adjective
Demeterian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Ancient Greek goddess Demeter.
- We cannot tell whether the walls of Çatal Hüyük were raised in Demeterian rites, as the architecture of the womb, or whether they were raised in martial orders, as the architecture of defense.1981, William Irwin Thompson, quoting J.J. Bachoven, Myth, Religion, and Mother Right, 1967, p. 196, quoted in The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture...
Origin of Demeterian
From Demeter + -ian.
Questions about Demeterian
- What does Demeterian mean?
- Demeterian means of or relating to the Ancient Greek goddess Demeter.
- What part of speech is Demeterian?
- Demeterian is an adjective.
Words near Demeterian in the dictionary
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