criobolium
noun
cri·o·bo·li·um
ˌkrīəˈbōlēəm
variants or less commonly crioboly
krīˈäbəlē
plural criobolia
-lēə
also criobolies : a ceremony in the cult of certain Mediterranean deities (as Cybele and Attis) in which a ram was sacrificed so that the blood fell on the devotee compare taurobolium
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin criobolium, from Late Greek kriobolion, from Greek krios ram + -bolion (from Greek ballein to throw); akin to Latin cornu horn