ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES

Meaning of ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES in English

[ ˌɛlju:'sɪnɪən ]

■ plural noun the annual rites performed by the ancient Greeks at the village of Eleusis near Athens in honour of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone.

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ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece. According to the myth told in the Homeric Hymn to …
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ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — Most famous mystery religion of ancient Greece. It was based on the story of Demeter , whose daughter Persephone was …
Английский словарь Британика
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — the mysteries, celebrated annually at Eleusis and Athens in ancient times, in memory of the abduction and return of Persephone …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — Most famous mystery religion of ancient Greece. It was based on the story of Demeter , whose daughter Persephone was …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — [Greek] This Athenian religious festival was held in honor of the grain and fertility goddess Demeter, her name is purely …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — _n. _pl. _др-греч. _ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — мн. ч.; древнегреч.; истор.элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
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ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
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ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — мн. ; греч. ; ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — мн.; греч.; ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — _n. _pl. _др-греч. _ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — n. pl. др-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — _n. _pl. _др-греч. _ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MYSTERIES — Тайны mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MYSTERIES — Тайны mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSINIAN — adjective Date: 1591 of or relating to ancient Eleusis or to the religious mysteries celebrated there in worship of Demeter …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELEUSINIAN — I. |elyü|sinēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Eleusini us (from Greek Eleusinios, from Eleusis, city of ancient Greece) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYSTERIES — (pl. ) of Mystery
Английский словарь Webster
MYSTERIES — (pl. ) of Mystery
Английский словарь Webster
ELEUSINIAN — (a.) Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or …
Английский словарь Webster
MYSTERIES — ( pl. ) of Mystery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERIES — ( pl. ) of Mystery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEUSINIAN — ( a. ) Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEUSINIAN — /el'yoo sin"ee euhn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Eleusis or to the Eleusinian mysteries. n. 2. a native …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEUSINIAN — adj. of or relating to ancient Eleusis or to the religious mysteries celebrated there in worship of Demeter and Persephone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELEUSINIAN — adjective Date: 1591 : of or relating to ancient Eleusis or to the religious mysteries celebrated there in worship of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MYSTERIES — pl of mystery. 2. mysteries ·pl of mystery.
Webster English vocab
ELEUSINIAN — adj pertaining to eleusis, in greece, or to secret rites in honor of ceres, there celebrated; as, eleusinian mysteries or …
Webster English vocab
MYSTERIES — the secret rites of an ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted. → mystery
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELEUSINIAN — [El.eu.sin.i.an] adj (1611): of or relating to ancient Eleusis or to the religious mysteries celebrated there in worship of Demeter …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELEUSINIAN — Eleusinian BrE AmE ˌel ju ˈsɪn i‿ən ◂ ˌ•u- ▷ Eleusinian|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELEUSINIAN — adj. of or relating to Eleusis near Athens. øEleusinian mysteries Gk Hist. the annual celebrations held at ancient Eleusis in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ELEUSINIAN — adj. of or relating to Eleusis near Athens. Eleusinian mysteries Gk hist. the annual celebrations held at ancient Eleusis in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ELEUSINIAN — adj. of or relating to Eleusis near Athens. Phrases and idioms: Eleusinian mysteries Gk Hist. the annual celebrations held at …
Oxford English vocab
MYSTERIES — [Other] A cult form in ancient Greece which came from fertility rites and were usually people try to get closer …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
ELEUSINIAN — (историческое) элевсинский - * mysteries элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSINIAN — (историческое) элевсинский - * mysteries элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MYSTERIES — Мистерии
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSINIAN — a ист. элевсинский Eleusinian mysteries - элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELEUSINIAN — (a) элевсинский
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ELEUSINIAN — a ист. элевсинский ~ mysteries - элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ELEUSINIAN — a ист. элевсинский Eleusinian mysteries - элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSINIAN — adj. элевсинский
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ELEUSINIAN — adj. элевсинский
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ELEUSINIAN — (историческое) элевсинский - * mysteries элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSINIAN — (историческое) элевсинский - * mysteries элевсинии, элевсинские таинства /мистерии/
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSIS — Greek Elevsís Town, with ruins of an ancient city, eastern Greece. Famous as the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries , …
Английский словарь Британика
MYSTERY RELIGION — any of various secret cults of the Greco-Roman world that offered to individual initiates a mode of religious experience not …
Britannica English vocabulary
EUMOLPUS — mythical ancestor of the priestly clan of the Eumolpids at Eleusis, a city in ancient Greece, and the site of …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYSTERY RELIGION — Any of various secret cults of the Greco-Roman world. Derived from primitive tribal ceremonies, mystery religions reached their peak of …
Английский словарь Британика
HIEROPHANT — Chief priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries in ancient Greece. His main task was to display the sacred objects during the …
Английский словарь Британика
MYSTERY — I. ˈmist(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English misterie, mysterie, from Latin mysterium, from Greek mystērion, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPOPT — ˈeˌpäpt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek epoptēs, literally, overseer, watcher, from epopteuein to watch, supervise, be admitted to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYSTIC — — mysticity /mi stis"i tee/ , n. — mysticly , adv. /mis"tik/ , adj. 1. involving or characterized by esoteric, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERY — mystery 1 /mis"teuh ree, -tree/ , n. , pl. mysteries . 1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERY — ~ 1 ■ noun ( plural mysteries ) 1》 something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. ↘secrecy …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PETERS, ELLIS — born Sept. 28, 1913, Horsehay, Shropshire, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1995, Madelay, Shropshire pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter English novelist …
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I AM MOVEMENT — religious movement in the United States that taught that the Mighty I Am is the source of power and of …
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ELEUSIS — ancient Greek city famous as the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Situated in the fertile plain of Thria about 14 …
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ALCIBIADES — born c. 450 BC, , Athens died 404, Phrygia [now in Turkey] brilliant but unscrupulous Athenian politician and military commander …
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MYSTERY — / ˈmɪstri; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] something that is difficult to understand or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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