Definitions for Eleusinian

Eleusinian El·eu·sin·i·an

Spelling: [el-yoo-sin-ee-uh n]
IPA: /ˌɛl yʊˈsɪn i ən/

Eleusinian is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 324 anagrams from letters in Eleusinian (aeeiilnnsu).

Definitions for Eleusinian

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Eleusis.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Eleusis or to the Eleusinian mysteries.

Origin of Eleusinian

1635-45; Latin Eleusini(us) Greek Eleusínios of Eleusis + -an

Examples for Eleusinian

In the Eleusinian mysteries, Bacchus bore the name of Iacchus.

Eleusinian mysteries, fragments of, preserved in magic of the learned, 117.

Whence the prophetic Sybils, whence and what the Eleusinian mysteries?

The temple of Neptune is supposed to have been near the sea, where traces now remain, composed of dark Eleusinian marble.

I wondered greatly what Eleusinian mysteries its courts contained.

So far so good; but this was only the first step of initiation into these Eleusinian mysteries.

The Eleusinian temples had been erected in honour of the goddess Demeter.

Among these was Kallias, the torch-bearer in the Eleusinian mysteries.

Particularly characteristic of this is the legend of the Eleusinian mysteries.

It was divided between the treasury of Zoroaster and that of the Eleusinian mysteries.

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