eleusinian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
adj
Pertaining to modern Eleusina.
Example Sentences
- "Drives the profane from Mystery's bolted door, / And Suilence guards the Eleusinian lore."
- "We must remember that a number of mystery cults besides the Eleusinian were current in the early centuries of Christianity and that there was abundant literature on the telete of the Orphic mysteries and doctrines."
Etymology
From Latin eleusīnius + -an.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Eleusinian (comparative)
most Eleusinian (superlative)