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tauroctonies

tauroctonies is the plural of tauroctony.

Meaning of tauroctony

Noun

tauroctony (plural tauroctonies)

  1. (historical) A depiction (typically in relief or sculpture) of Mithras killing a bull; associated with the practice of Mithraism (as a cult) in the Roman Empire.
    • In any event, if, as I am arguing, the tauroctony represents the astronomical situation which obtained during the epoch in which the spring equinox was in Taurus, the fact that the summer solstice was in Leo during that epoch provides a convincing explanation for the occasional presence of the...1991, David Ulansey, The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, Oxford University Press, page 54

Questions about tauroctonies

What is tauroctonies the plural of?
Tauroctonies is the plural of tauroctony.

Words near tauroctonies in the dictionary

  1. taurocholate
  2. taurocholates
  3. taurocholenate
  4. taurocholic
  5. taurocholic acid
  6. tauroctonies
  7. Tauroctonus
  8. tauroctony
  9. taurodeoxycholate
  10. taurodeoxycholates
  11. taurodeoxycholic acid

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