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krioboly Gr. Antiq.|kraɪˈɒbəlɪ|
[f. late Gr. κριοβόλιον, in 4th c. L. criobolium, f. κρῑοβόλ-ος ram-slaying.]
A sacrifice in which many rams were slaughtered; a bath in the blood of rams.
[1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art (ed. 2) §422 A kriobolion of the Phrygian worship.] 1879Farrar St. Paul (1884) I. xviii. 187 note. 1882― Early Chr. 3 note, The taurobolies and kriobolies (baths in the blood of bulls and rams) mark the extreme sensuality of superstition. |