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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tau•ro•bo•li•um (tôr′ə bō′lē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -li•a (-lē ə).USA pronunciation - Antiquitythe sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- Fine Arta representation of the killing of a bull, as in Mithraic art.
- Greek taurobólion, equivalent. to tauroból(os) bull sacrifice (taûro(s) bull + bólos a cast, throw, akin to bolé̄ a wound, bállein to throw) + -ion diminutive suffix
- Late Latin
- 1690–1700
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