ˌkrīəˈbōlēəm noun
also cri·ob·o·ly krīˈäbəlē
( plural criobo·lia -lēə ; also criobolies )
Etymology: Late Latin criobolium, from Late Greek kriobolion, from Greek krios ram + -bolion (from Greek ballein to throw); akin to Latin cornu horn — more at horn , devil
: a ceremony in the cult of certain Mediterranean deities (as Cybele and Attis) in which a ram was sacrificed so that the blood fell on the devotee — compare taurobolium