Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to Eleusis in Attica, Greece: as, the Eleusinian mysteries and festival, the mysteries and festival of Demeter (Ceres), celebrated at Eleusis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to modern Eleusina, ancient Eleusis, or the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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Examples
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In order to partake of the special sesame cakes and sacred draught during the rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiates had to first fast.
Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011
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In order to partake of the special sesame cakes and sacred draught during the rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiates had to first fast.
Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011
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In order to partake of the special sesame cakes and sacred draught during the rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiates had to first fast.
Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011
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Ceremonial ablutions in the sea were used to initiate participants in a process of spiritual rebirth during the Eleusinian Mysteries, the oldest of the Greco-Roman Goddess mystery cults.
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Ceremonial ablutions in the sea were used to initiate participants in a process of spiritual rebirth during the Eleusinian Mysteries, the oldest of the Greco-Roman Goddess mystery cults.
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In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday, Therese! 2008
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Some early church fathers themselves explicitly recognized the similarities between their own religious imagery and that of Greco-Roman religions like the Eleusinian mysteries and philosophies such as Neoplatonism.
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
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The following 10-minute video elaborates on the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries:
Movie Unmasks McCain and Obama as Part of the Global Elite 2008
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These philosophers were all participants in the Eleusinian Mysteries: a annual ritual that archeologists now believe included the use of a LSD-like substances that served as the sacrament.
Movie Unmasks McCain and Obama as Part of the Global Elite 2008
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