anaktoron
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Example Sentences
- "Most scholars name the rectangular enclosure anaktoron, locate in it the throne of the hierophant, and suppose that from it emanated the central revelation which occurred, in Plutarch's phrase, ‘when the anaktora were opened’. But it is also argued that anaktoron/anaktora refer always, as they certainly do sometimes, to the whole telesterion."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνακτόρῐος (anaktórĭos, “belonging to a lord”), from ἀνάκτωρ (anáktōr, “lord”), from ἄναξ (ánax, “lord”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἀνακτόρῐος