mystery cults
mystery cults is the plural of mystery cult.
Meaning of mystery cult
Noun
mystery cult (plural mystery cults)
- Any of various ancient religious movements in which initiates undergo secret rites to achieve unification with the godhead.
- The mystery cult of Isis in Roman Egypt was an attempt to harken back to the religion of the New Kingdom, which itself was trying to harken back to the religion of the Old Kingdom.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 210
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- What is mystery cults the plural of?
- Mystery cults is the plural of mystery cult.
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