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Isiac, a. and n.|ˈaɪsɪæk, ˈɪsɪæk|
[ad. L. īsiac-us, a. Gr. ἰ̄σιακός, f. Isis: see below.]
A. adj. Of or relating to Isis, the principal goddess of ancient Egyptian mythology.
Isiac table, a copper tablet of unknown origin, now in the royal gallery of Turin, containing figures of Egyptian deities with Isis in the middle.
1740Warburton Div. Legat. iv. vi. Wks. 1811 IV. 296 There is a famous antique monument.. well known to the curious by the name of the Isiac or Bembine Table. 1796J. Owen Trav. Europe I. 320 The second, or Isiac table, is considered as one of the most precious monuments of ancient times, which Italy preserves. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 234 This head, with the snakes, was apparently an Isiac symbol.
B. n. A priest or worshipper of Isis.
1708Motteux Rabelais v. iv. (1737) 13 The Egyptian Heathens..us'd to constitute their Isiacs, by shaving them.
Hence Isiacal |aɪˈsaɪəkəl| a. = Isiac a.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 570 The Isiacall rites. 1889Farrar Lives Fathers I. iii. 115 The Isiacal traditions of Egypt. |