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Eleusinian

Eleusinian adjective: pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.

Adjective

Eleusinian (comparative more Eleusinian, superlative most Eleusinian)

  1. (historical) Pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
    • Drives the profane from Mystery's bolted door, / And Suilence guards the Eleusinian lore.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 89
    • We must remember that a number of mystery cults besides the Eleusinian were current in the early centuries of Christianity and that there was abundant literature on the telete of the Orphic mysteries and doctrines.1961, George Emmanuel Mylonas, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 288
  2. Pertaining to modern Eleusina.

Forms of Eleusinian

comparativemore Eleusinian
superlativemost Eleusinian

Origin of Eleusinian

From Latin eleusīnius + -an.

Phrases with Eleusinian

Questions about Eleusinian

What does Eleusinian mean?
Eleusinian means pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
What part of speech is Eleusinian?
Eleusinian is an adjective.

Words near Eleusinian in the dictionary

  1. eletrophoretic
  2. Elets
  3. eleusine
  4. eleusines
  5. Eleusinia
  6. Eleusinian
  7. Eleusinian Mysteries
  8. Eleusinion
  9. Eleusis
  10. Eleuthera
  11. Eleutherae

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