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Meaning of Eleusinian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
historical
Pertaining to modern Eleusina.

Examples

“Drives the profane from Mystery's bolted door, / And Suilence guards the Eleusinian lore.”

“We must remember that a number of mystery cults besides the Eleusinian were current in the early centuries of Christianity and that there was abundant literature on the telete of the Orphic mysteries and doctrines.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Eleutherian eleutherognathine eleutheromaniac eleutheromaniacal eleutherozoic elevatable