Eleusinian

[ el-yoo-sin-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Eleusis or to the Eleusinian mysteries.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Eleusis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eleusinian¹

1635–45; < Latin Eleusini ( us ) < Greek Eleusínios of Eleusis + -an

Example Sentences

It was sound as séance, Eleusinian hallucinations of watching Jerry Garcia back Pharoah Sanders, kicking stardust grooves snatched from primordial savanna rituals.

From Washington Post

The pig was the animal usually offered to Demeter, the goddess of the Eleusinian mysteries.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Eleusinian mysteries the rape of Persephone by Pluto, the winter god, is portrayed.

From Project Gutenberg

In memory of her sorrows Demeter establishes the Eleusinian mysteries (which, however, were purely agrarian in origin).

From Project Gutenberg

He has been blamed for thus exposing the Eleusinian mysteries of literature to the uninitiated.

From Project Gutenberg

The Orphic, chiefly deserving mention as the probable foundation of the Eleusinian.

From Project Gutenberg