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cri·o·bo·li·um
\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 |