kriobolyn.
/krʌɪˈɒbəli/ Ancient Greek History.
A sacrifice in which many rams were slaughtered; a bath in the blood of rams.
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1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §422 A kriobolion of the Phrygian worship.]
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 332 Such were the taurobolies and kriobolies—hideous blood baths.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Christianity 3 note The taurobolies and kriobolies (baths in the blood of bulls and rams) mark the extreme sensuality of superstition.
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