| 释义 |
col·ly·rid·i·an
\ˌkäləˈridēən\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Medieval Latin Collyridianus, from Late Latin collyrida thin cake of bread, from Greek kollyrid-, kollyris, diminutive of kollyra roll of bread
: one of a heretical sect in the 4th and 5th centuries chiefly in Arabia that employed women as priestesses to offer sacrifices in the form of rolls of bread to the Virgin Mary |