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tau·ro·bo·li·um
\ˌtȯrəˈbōlēəm\ noun
also tau·rob·o·ly \tȯˈräbəlē\
(plural taurobolia \-ˈbōlēə\ ; also taurobolies)
Etymology: Late Latin taurobolium, from Greek taurobolion, from tauros bull + -bolion (from ballein to throw) — more at steer, devil
: a ceremony in the cult of certain Mediterranean deities (as Cybele and Mithras) in which worshipers were baptized with the blood of a sacrificed bull — compare criobolium |