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Iseion

Iseion is the alternative form of Iseum.

Meaning of Iseum

Noun

Iseum (plural Iseums or Isea)

  1. A temple dedicated to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
    • ...a temple of Minerva was on the east side of the Iseum...1994, Sarolta A. Takacs, Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World, page 101
    Synonyms:
    temple of Isis, Iseion

Forms of Iseion

pluralIseions

Origin of Iseion

From Ancient Greek Ἴσειον (Íseion), from Ἶσις (Îsis, “Isis”).

Questions about Iseion

What is Iseion the alternative form of?
Iseion is the alternative form of Iseum.

Words near Iseion in the dictionary

  1. iseganan
  2. isegoria
  3. isegoric
  4. isegory
  5. iseikonic
  6. Iseion
  7. Iseions
  8. isekai
  9. isekai'd
  10. isekaied
  11. isekaiing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Iseion (page history and authors); Iseum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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