单词 | eleusinian mysteries |
释义 | Eleusinian mysteriesplural nounthe mysteries, celebrated annually at Eleusis and Athens in ancient times, in memory of the abduction and return of Persephone and in honor of Demeter and Bacchus. Origin of Eleusinian mysteriesFirst recorded in 1635–45 Words nearby Eleusinian mysterieselephant's-foot, elephant shrew, elephant's-trunk snake, eletriptan hydrobromide, Eleusinian, Eleusinian mysteries, Eleusis, Eleuthera, Eleutherius, elev., elevate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Eleusinian mysteriesEleusinian mysteries pl na mystical religious festival, held in September at Eleusis in classical times, in which initiates celebrated Persephone, Demeter, and Dionysus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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