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单词 Eleusinian
释义 Eleusinian|ɛljuːˈsɪnɪən|
[f. L. eleusīni-us (Gr. ἐλευσίνιος) belonging to Eleusis + -an.]
Belonging to Eleusis in Attica. Eleusinian mysteries: the mysteries of Demeter there celebrated; also fig. Hence Eleuˈsinianism (nonce-wd.).
1643Milton Divorce Wks. 1738 I. 190 Eleusinian Mysteries, that no man can utter what they mean.1841–4Emerson Ess. xx. Wks. (Bohn) I. 250 The Eleusinian mysteries..show that there always were seeing and knowing men in the planet.1857Chamb. Jrnl. VII. 226 The eleusinianism of bonnetdom.
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