Isiac

American  

[is-ee-ak, iz-, ahy-see-] / ˈɪs iˌæk, ˈɪz-, ˈaɪ si- /

Also Isiacal

adjective

1. of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.

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Etymology

Origin of Isiac

1700–10; < Latin Īsiacus < Greek Īsiakós. See Isis, -ac

Example Sentences

The Isiac guilds must have had a powerful influence in the diffusion of the religion of Alexandria.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The Isiac tablet, describing the Mysteries of Isis, is charged with serpents in every part, as her emblems.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

The Isiac worship arrived in Italy probably through the ports of Campania.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Temple may have used on that night one of the medieval incantations, or possibly the more ancient invocation of the Isiac rite with which a man of his knowledge and proclivities would certainly be familiar.

From The Lost Stradivarius by Falkner, John Meade

But the Isiac, like the Orphic revelation, while it gave a blessed promise for the life to come, attached grave conditions to the pledge.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel